You mean the Cubans had missiles, somewhat like the missiles we had in Germany directly on the border of the soviet countries? How dare them expect to do what we were doing! Didn't they realize how superior we were? IN Vietnam there was a small regieme that would have easily fallen to the north had we not interviened for years and years. In Cuba, we supported the insurgents to the point of providing equipment and manpower. The Cold War was a stand off. Both spheres used fear of the other to maintain control over their people. The only true threat was utter inihilation, and neither side appearently wanted that. Incidentially, it was exactly people like me, a vocal majority, who brought the Vietnam "Crisis" to an end.