Which clues in paragraph 11 help you identify to whom Kennedy refers? What message is he sending them? Recall that Kennedy delivers this speech during the Cold War, a period of political and military strain following World War II.



Finally, to those nations who would make themselves out adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both side begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.