“Indeed Kennedy told Galbraith privately in December 1962 “with much feeling and some anger of the recklessness of much of the professional advice he had received during the missile crisis, in particular the proposal to bomb the missile sites.” The president told Ken, “The worst advice as always was from those who feared that to be sensible made them seem soft and unheroic.”17.”

“Indeed Kennedy told Galbraith privately in December 1962 “with much feeling and some anger of the recklessness of much of the professional advice he had received during the missile crisis, in particular the proposal to bomb the missile sites.” The president told Ken, “The worst advice as always was from those who feared that to be sensible made them seem soft and unheroic.”17.”

— Bruce Riedel