Rationality Will Not Save Us.

Belief And Seeing Are Both Often Wrong.

One Cannot Fashion A Credible Deterrent Out Of An Incredible Action.

I Like To Run Down To The Beach And Have A Little Swim In The Nude In The Morning.

...but Highly Placed Sources Within The Kennedy Administration Disagreed: "[t]he Assumption That The Strategic Nuclear Balance Mattered In Any Way Was Wrong... As Far As I Am Concerned, It Made No Difference... If My Memory Serves Me Correctly, We Had Some Five Thousand Strategic Nuclear Warheads As Against T Heir Three Hundred. Can Anyone Seriously Tell Me That Their Having Three Hundred And Forty Would Have Made Any Difference? The Military Balance Wasn't Changed. I Didn't Believe It Then, And I Don't Believe It Now..."

Poor Planning Or Poor Execution Of Plans Is Simply To Let Some Force Other Than Reason Shape Reality.