Churchill was shocked, so was Pulitzer prize winning NY Times columnist James Reston, who wondered why no single congressman questioned Eisenhower's commitment to sudden atomic retaliation without congressional approval.
Churchill je bio šokiran, kao i dobitnik Pulitzerove nagrade, Timesov kolumnista James Reston, koji se pitao zašto nijedan kongresmen ne dovodi u pitanje brzu atomsku odmazdu bez odobrenja Kongresa.