I guess Obama will not be hanging this
cartoon in the Oval Office after all.
And from a time when America was the leader of the Free
World:
You are in the courtroom of
world opinion…. All right, sir, let me ask you one simple question: Do you,
Ambassador Zorin, deny that the U.S.S.R. has placed and is placing medium- and
intermediate-range missiles and sites in Cuba? Yes or no — don't wait for the
translation — yes or no?" [The Soviet representative refuses to answer.]
"You can answer yes or no. You have denied they exist. I want to know if I
understood you correctly. I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over, if that's your decision. And I am also prepared
to present the evidence in this room.
Adlai Stevenson To Soviet U.N.
Ambassador Valerian A. Zorin in the United Nations Security Council during the Cuban missile crisis (25 October 1962).
