Why is the Cuban Missile Crisis an important part of American history?

Question: Why is the Cuban Missile Crisis an important part of American history!?
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it almost caused a nuclear war between the US and the USSR (Russia)!.!.!. and it couldve blown up the USWww@QuestionHome@Com

it is all blown way out of proportion!. only the dumbest people alive believe there was ever any danger!. the whole crisis was phony, and caused by kennedy being an idiot!. he promised kruschev we would remove our missiles from turkey, and then he said kruschev could piss off!. kruschev then put missiles in cuba to send the idiot kennedy a message about keeping his promise!. after panicking like little girls for 2 weeks, the kennedy administration removed our missiles from turkey, and thenkruschev pulled his from cuba!. then the leftist media spent the next 40 years making up a heroic story about kennedy, to hide the fact that he was a gutless coward, and kruschev bullied him the entire time he was presidentWww@QuestionHome@Com

It damn near cause the last and I mean the last war on earth!.Www@QuestionHome@Com