Kairos in JFK's Cuban Missile Crisis Speech

JFK's speech on the Cuban Missile Crisis was made to American public as soon as the government had confirmed that Cuba was receiving nuclear missiles and the resources to build launch sites from the Soviet Union.  This announcement, made in the time known as the Cold War when the USA and the USSR engaged in arms races and new covert operations, shows a lot of kairos.  Kairos is the lesser-known pillar of communication that refers to the timeliness of a writing or speech.  JFK's speech about the Cuban Missile Crisis employed kairos to add urgency and meaning to the issue.  With the Red Scare and McCarthyism having just happened, this added more tension to a time period where nuclear chaos was a real possibility in the minds of people around the globe.  JFK even references a public statement made by Russia that they were simply enabling Cuba to defend themselves, and a meeting with a foreign minister that reassured him of the same things, only to have them proven false.  JFK also explains the steps he has taken in real time to battle this issues, giving Americans to think about that were happening right as they were listening to the speech.  All of these factors help to give this speech importance through kairos.