Cuba Ethical Dilemmas

On October the 27th of 1962, a Soviet missile shot down a U-2 reconnaissance plane over Cuba. Appropriate action must be taken to help avoid a third world war. The decision to not go to war and make another attempt at peace must prevail. It must prevail for the sake of saving millions of civilian lives whom need not be subjected to another war, a war on a much larger and more destructive scale. Beyond that, how would the United States look on a global scale where we would be seen as declaring war onto the Soviet Union? To top it off, who are we to subject our allies and dozens of countries around the world to another war, bringing them into a fight that they did not want. These three reasons are primary ethical decisions to be pondered before …show more content…
Other countries won’t see the Soviet Union as being the one who started the war, as it will be the United States declaring war first. The United States moved missiles into Turkey and the USSR did not have as much of a problem with it as we are having now with Cuba. So even though the USSR has made multiple offences towards the US, they still have the upper hand in the global outlook of the war. How would trade be effected as a result of war? If we are seen as the ones instigating we could lose trade with allied countries who no longer with to support or have relations with us. Brazil is on the verge of communism, and as they are a primary source of rubber for the United States, it seems only logical to try and maintain relations with them. If we lose our supply of rubber during the war, we may very well lose the war as it is used in a vast majority of military products. Support during this possible war would be essential. If the US is seen as the “bad guys” then we could very well lose allies and much needed support from these allies. Global outlook, trade, and support from countries are must have essentials that the US may lose if we decide to declare war on the Soviet …show more content…
If we go to war with the Soviet Union who is to say that we don’t bring European countries into the equation? If we perform a sweep of Cuba to rid of the missiles, what is stopping the USSR from doing the same to Turkey, or another ally that we have in Europe? These are essential questions we must ask ourselves when deciding for, or against diplomacy. Alliances, much like World War I, would slingshot this war from US versus USSR to World War III in a heartbeat. It would be a battle of ideologies, communism and democracy, brewing since the end of World War Two. On top of this, nobody wants another war. The world has seen two global wars in the last 50 years, it is time for some peace. Economies are still recovering from World War Two, people are still recovering, entire cities are still recovering. Bringing the world into a war that nobody asks for is needlessly endangering the lives of millions. Putting European allies at risk for Soviet missile strikes. As well as forcing the world into a third battle when it is still recovering from the second, seems brash, irresponsible, and