Kennedy sent a letter to Khrushchev discussing the situation. Read the quotation and then answer the question.Kennedy implies that starting a nuclear war would be insane. Why?

A nuclear war would not leave the aggressor safely victorious: nuclear weapons could devastate both sides. That is why Kennedy implies starting such a war would be insane. Choice C, “Even the aggressor would be destroyed,” gives this reason; the issue is not that nuclear weapons might fail to work.

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