PLEASE HELP ME OUT!! How did Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union
contribute to the escalation of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

A. They forced members of the Non-Aligned Movement to negotiate
a resolution to the crisis.

B. They convinced U. S. leaders that only a military strike against
Cuba could end the crisis.

C. They made it difficult for either country to agree to a compromise
solution to the crisis.

D. They prevented either side from communicating with the other
throughout the crisis.