NICK KRISTOF compares the current situation with the Cuban Missile Crisis. That earns this response from reader Brannon Denning:

God this is so lame, even by Kristof’s standards. Uh, the reason Kennedy didn’t want to press on Cuba is because there was a FRIGGIN COLD WAR ON!!!! What, are we worried that if we attack Baghdad, the Russians will invade Berlin? Jeez. Oh, and can’t we, for the love of God, give the whole macho JFK thing a rest for once?

There’s been a shortage of macho Democrats since JFK — with the exception of LBJ, and people don’t like to bring him up.