::::Okay, I do agree that the Soviet Commander had the authority to make that decision. But the thing was, the United States had said that if those missiles aren't out of there by X Date, we will remove them for you. So the commander in Cuba knew that either by that date, or unless the United States made a move, to hold off, because The US and USSR were trying to strike a deal on this, because nobody wants to get nuked. (That's rather bad....) So that commander is either waiting for word from Moscow, or a turn of events that would call him to make a decision. | ::::Okay, I do agree that the Soviet Commander had the authority to make that decision. But the thing was, the United States had said that if those missiles aren't out of there by X Date, we will remove them for you. So the commander in Cuba knew that either by that date, or unless the United States made a move, to hold off, because The US and USSR were trying to strike a deal on this, because nobody wants to get nuked. (That's rather bad....) So that commander is either waiting for word from Moscow, or a turn of events that would call him to make a decision. |