A book that came out in 2012 claims Jack Kennedy said to one of his conquests Id rather my children be red than dead. Is that a sentiment shared by anyone? Whether you agree or not please explain your reasons. http://www.salon.com/2012/02/20/jfk_better_red_than_dead/ From "Once Upon a Secret" - At one point, after leaving the room to take another urgent phone call, he came back shaking his head and said to me, Id rather my children be red than dead. It wasnt a political statement or an attempt at levity. These were the words of a father who adored his children and couldnt bear them being hurt. If true, its a telling comment. JFK was echoing a popular slogan of the peace movement of the 1960s: Better red than dead. The idea was anathema to the American right but common on the left in Europe: It would be better to live under communism than to die in a nuclear war. At the climactic moment of the Cuban missile crisis, Alford says JFK voiced this sentiment.
I concur with JFK's sentiments. Mostly because A: We wouldn't live under the yoke of communism, the USSR wouldn't want strained relations with a super power across the seas. We foolishly engaged in that advent ourselves and B: It ended up creating a much greater problem(the war on terrorism).
