How JFK Almost Caused World War 3 | Adam Ruins Everything

Adam explains why it's time to stop worrying and love the truth behind the Cuban Missile Crisis. Watch new episodes of Adam Ruins Everything: ReAnimated History on truTV!

Adam Ruins Everything - Adam Conover, CollegeHumor's resident know-it-all and major bummer, takes on society's biggest misconceptions.

[theduke]

The comment on White House coffee is extremely actually really accurate. Kennedy really hated White House coffee because it was even weaker than what he was issued in the Navy during WW2.

[SaxyKnight]

I love how they portrayed Khrushchev as this big scary Russian, even though he was actually very short.

[wildgrem]

“Nothing bad ever happens to the kennedys.”

[mikehawk]

“You can’t fight in here, this is the war room”

[hunterkiller]

"How dare the Soviet Union territory get closer to US nuclear missiles!" - US

[kuksdiek]

The real hero of the Cuban missile crisis is Vasili Arkhipov

[TheJosephCapone]

He forgot the part where the X-Men saved the day.

[nivekthezombie]

Can’t believe they made JFK from Clone High into a real guy

[thehardie-boy]

There’s actually a bit more to it than that. Kennedy was so unwilling to give in that he ordered an invasion of Cuba to remove the missiles by force, which made Khrushchev place nuclear submarines in Cuban waters in retaliation. The night before the invasion, two of the three officers required to allow their nuclear weapons to be fired, but one of the officers, thank God, held out, and on the day of the invasion, Kennedy finally gave in

[Xx_Tuberculosis_xX]

“It sounds like someone’s breaking in!”
“Just the storm Dick, sit down.”

[GodBidoof]

Remember like a day or so ago when trump threatened war crimes in Iran over Twitter

[creditsunknown]

A yes the US starting conflict and acting as the good guy
That sounds familiar

[DeborahLArmstrong]

You should mention the story of Vasiliy Arkhipov, who saved the world during the CMC.

[lucasc.]

I always thought all of this was just common "middle school" knowledge, and I'm not even American. You simply can't study Cold War without taking account how the USA government was willing to do everything in order to protect their own image and look powerful to the Soviets.

[Kira-rdid]

My grandfather worked on the “crisis.” This is a really accurate representation of the real event.

[luxudor]

I actually learned this stuff in "middle school" years ago. Would have assumed that they taught that in USA too.

[cocayoo]

Where are the X-Men saving the day?
So much for telling the truth.

[borediideath]

Jerry from Rick and Morty is the narrator

[revolverocelot]

Dosent the narrator sound like Jerry From Rick and Morty

[jonkinpark]

The budget of this show has really gone up ....