I always thought Kennedy's biggest success was his ability to negotiate with Russia and prevent a nuclear war. Back then there was no 24/7 propaganda machine to indoctrinate people, and the main press weren't whores corporately owned. As for your thumbs up for Biden, who I have always defined as a war monger for supporting all our 21st century middles eastern wars. Of course I know it is a neo-liberal agenda that is pushing this war, and I'm sure you know the party through a tantrum at the very idea of talking to Putin, and everyone, including the "progressive" caucus caved. I think the democrats have become so crazy they'll find a way to connect Pelosi's husband's assault to Russia.
Well, before Kennedy ran for office in the 60's the great divide had already occurred between the Soviet Union and the US. In the 40's, Truman had his Marshall Plan that was meant to see that no more countries that were politically unstable due to the war would wind up in the communist camp, like Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, etc, and of course from the beginning a divided Germany. In the late forties you already had NATO and in the 50's the Warsaw Pact, and I know they vied for power in countries around the world that were unstable across continents. The Soviet Union made out big time in China. A winner. Then there was Korea. I wonder what Kennedy's decision would have been in terms of Vietnam had Eisenhower not established an agenda of involvement and had he lived longer. Before he was murdered, maybe he would have said no to that war no matter the degree of his escalation initiated in the beginning of his presidency. So, getting back to your statement, what exactly did you think they would we talking about when Kennedy ran for office, other then how he would strengthen our nuclear arsenal? It was an ongoing saga since the end of WWII. Even when it comes to Cuba it was Eisenhower's plan and his idea about overthrowing Castro, and Kennedy did take strong responsibility for the Bay of Pigs. He owned up to it's stupidity, and it was Khrushchev who did put up that Berlin wall. Of course this escalated the military tensions, and the military industrial complex made out big time. The Soviets also engaged in nuclear testing, and Kennedy followed suit. Scary. the Bay of Pigs which thankfully ended well. If Kennedy had listened to some I may not be responding to your post. After the Bay of Pigs Kennedy did make a concerted effort to direct America toward peace, and when he was killed things softened up between the US and the Soviet Union. Remember the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty? Why do you choose to vilify this president?
Look Kennedy ran his presidential campaign in 1960. A lot happened between the end of WWII and 1960, and the cold war was well underway when he became president. He didn't instigate the cold war, and I give him credit for eventually attempting to deescalate the tensions between the two countries. Other presidents like Truman and Eisenhower were very instrumental in creating a divide between America and Russia yet you fail to focus on their role, and that does not mean I approve of some of the tactics Kennedy used, like the Bay of Pigs, which the previous administration orchestrated, and Kennedy went with it. Everyone died. However in the end he made many efforts to implement peace between the Soviet Union and the US. What about that Hotline, or the limited nuclear test ban, and didn't he call for a strategy of peace? I am not saying America good, Russia bad. I am not that black and white in my evaluation of things. You are simply interpreting it that way. Your type of rigidity is a good example of what Kennedy overcame in the end. The end.
I never thought about the possibility that he was murdered because he wanted to pull out of Vietnam, don't know that he did, but maybe that was the reason. I'll have to look into that. Never thought Oswald did it.
I always thought Kennedy's biggest success was his ability to negotiate with Russia and prevent a nuclear war. Back then there was no 24/7 propaganda machine to indoctrinate people, and the main press weren't whores corporately owned. As for your thumbs up for Biden, who I have always defined as a war monger for supporting all our 21st century middles eastern wars. Of course I know it is a neo-liberal agenda that is pushing this war, and I'm sure you know the party through a tantrum at the very idea of talking to Putin, and everyone, including the "progressive" caucus caved. I think the democrats have become so crazy they'll find a way to connect Pelosi's husband's assault to Russia.
Well, before Kennedy ran for office in the 60's the great divide had already occurred between the Soviet Union and the US. In the 40's, Truman had his Marshall Plan that was meant to see that no more countries that were politically unstable due to the war would wind up in the communist camp, like Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, etc, and of course from the beginning a divided Germany. In the late forties you already had NATO and in the 50's the Warsaw Pact, and I know they vied for power in countries around the world that were unstable across continents. The Soviet Union made out big time in China. A winner. Then there was Korea. I wonder what Kennedy's decision would have been in terms of Vietnam had Eisenhower not established an agenda of involvement and had he lived longer. Before he was murdered, maybe he would have said no to that war no matter the degree of his escalation initiated in the beginning of his presidency. So, getting back to your statement, what exactly did you think they would we talking about when Kennedy ran for office, other then how he would strengthen our nuclear arsenal? It was an ongoing saga since the end of WWII. Even when it comes to Cuba it was Eisenhower's plan and his idea about overthrowing Castro, and Kennedy did take strong responsibility for the Bay of Pigs. He owned up to it's stupidity, and it was Khrushchev who did put up that Berlin wall. Of course this escalated the military tensions, and the military industrial complex made out big time. The Soviets also engaged in nuclear testing, and Kennedy followed suit. Scary. the Bay of Pigs which thankfully ended well. If Kennedy had listened to some I may not be responding to your post. After the Bay of Pigs Kennedy did make a concerted effort to direct America toward peace, and when he was killed things softened up between the US and the Soviet Union. Remember the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty? Why do you choose to vilify this president?
Look Kennedy ran his presidential campaign in 1960. A lot happened between the end of WWII and 1960, and the cold war was well underway when he became president. He didn't instigate the cold war, and I give him credit for eventually attempting to deescalate the tensions between the two countries. Other presidents like Truman and Eisenhower were very instrumental in creating a divide between America and Russia yet you fail to focus on their role, and that does not mean I approve of some of the tactics Kennedy used, like the Bay of Pigs, which the previous administration orchestrated, and Kennedy went with it. Everyone died. However in the end he made many efforts to implement peace between the Soviet Union and the US. What about that Hotline, or the limited nuclear test ban, and didn't he call for a strategy of peace? I am not saying America good, Russia bad. I am not that black and white in my evaluation of things. You are simply interpreting it that way. Your type of rigidity is a good example of what Kennedy overcame in the end. The end.
Never turned him into a saint, but you try to make him the devil. Sick!
I never thought about the possibility that he was murdered because he wanted to pull out of Vietnam, don't know that he did, but maybe that was the reason. I'll have to look into that. Never thought Oswald did it.
Your dislike for this family distorts your vision and perhaps the author you keep pushing substantiates your own biases.
Gee, you sure don't come across like one, if anything you are dogmatic, where there is no other opinion but your own. Not the sign of humanitarian.