several days the world was on the brink of nuclear war. Precautions were taken with every thing that involved the U.S. foreign relations. President didn't want to make any sudden moves that would force the Russians to launch their nuclear missiles at the United States. With the issues at hand resolved for the mean time Kennedy could try and work on repairing relations with Cuba and Russia. For the most part, the Cold War destroyed relations between Cuba and the United States. Even today the United States has foreign relation problems with Cuba. On any given day in the news you can see the case where a small boy is caught in the middle of an international debate. Perhaps if relations between Cuba and the United States were better this young boy could be with his father already. This is showing us that there are still gaps that need to be bridged between the United States and Cuba....