Ko te EXCOMM ka kōrero i te pānga i runga i te toenga rautaki o te mana, e rua tōrangapū, me te hōia. whakapono te Joint Chiefs o Staff e te missiles kia tino whakarerekē i te toenga hōia, engari kihai i whakaae McNamara. he atu 40, whakaaro ia, e hanga iti rerekētanga ki te toenga rautaki whānui. kua tata 5,000 upoko rautaki te US, engari i te Soviet Union anake 300. whakatau McNamara e kore e reira nui whakarerekē i te toenga rautaki te Soviets whai 340 reira. i roto i te 1990, ka whakahokia e ia e "e kore he rerekētanga.... kihai i whakarerekētia te toenga hōia. kihai i whakapono ahau i te reira, a kahore ahau e whakapono i te reira i teie nei". whakaae te EXCOMM e te missiles e pā ki te toenga tōrangapū. i korero mārama Kennedy ki te iwi American iti iho i te marama i mua i te raruraru e "ki te Cuba kia whai i te kaha ki te kawe i roto i te toenga tōrangapū, engari i te United States... i roto i roto i te
Ko te EXCOMM