We're At War With Japan.

You [president Kennedy] Have Made Some Pretty Strong Statements About Their Being Defensive And That We Would Take Action Against Offensive Weapons. I Think That A Blockade And Political Talk Would Be Considered By A Lot Of Our Friends And Neutrals As Being A Pretty Weak Response To This [the Cuban Missile Crisis]. And I'm Sure A Lot Of Our Own Citizens Would Feel That Way Too. In Other Words, You're In A Pretty Bad Fix At The Present Time.

You've Got To Kill People, And When You've Killed Enough They Stop Fighting.

I'd Like To See A More Aggressive Attitude On The Part Of The United States. That Doesn't Mean Launching An Immediate Preventive War.

I Suppose If I Had Lost The War, I Would Have Been Tried As A War Criminal.... Every Soldier Thinks Something Of The Moral Aspects Of What He Is Doing. But All War Is Immoral And If You Let That Bother You, You're Not A Good Soldier.

Today, Shooting Wars Are Won Or Lost Before They Start. If They Are Fought At All, They Would Be Fought Principally To Confirm Which Side Had Won At The Outset.