[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
HI Terry,
Strange accusation you make about Kennedy being the most responsible for
the war in Viet Nam. I thought you knew your history better than that.
Rumors had it that Kennedy was assassinated because he was intent on
ending the war in Viet Nam and bringing the troops home. This did not
set well with the military industrial complex and they aided in the
conspiracy to kill him. Now, I don't believe that one bit. I think
Oswald acted alone. But it is a valid point that anyone would give that
as a motive for a conspiracy and its basis (ie Kennedy wanting to end the
war) is valid.
As you should know the first US advisors went to Viet Nam under
Eisenhower after the French forces were defeated in 1954.
Clearly the individual most responsible for the escalation of our
involvement in the war was Lyndon Johnson. This view is enforced by the
many heretofore confidential papers and tapes that are now being made
public. Many historians feel that if Kennedy had not been assassinated
the US involvement in Viet Nam would have been over by 1966.
Bill
On Tue, 7 Apr 1998 16:38:11 -0400 (EDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>
>Hi Sue,
>
>(I have no idea if Nixon beat his wife or not per the title of this
>thread.)
>
>But responding to your question, if history has any meaning the bad as
>well
>as the good needs to be known. In the future people will deny they
>knew
>about the corruption in this administration just as people closed
>their eyes
>to that in the Kennedy administration. Once when Kennedy was asked
>about
>the unfairness of the draft, he said, "Life isn't fair." When life
>got a
>little fairer and the sons of the well-to-do were finally threatened
>by the
>draft, the awful war in Vietnam Kennedy was most responsible for
>ended. The
>loss of 50,000 young American men in Vietnam isn't unrelated to
>Kennedy's
>contempt for the lower classes as well as for the women he used like
>disposables.
>
>Often innocents get hurt but Caroline and John Kennedy, Jr. are adults
>and
>are not implicated in any way in their father's actions.
>
>>Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>
>>Hi Doc:
>>
>>What I don't understand about these stories is what good do they do.
>>The people who they are written about are dead, and can't defend
>>themselves. And the children such as John Jr. Caroline, (his Kennedy
>>book) Trisha, and Julie are still alive to be hurt by them.
>>
>>Certainly they aren't a part of the history that we need to know.
>>
>>Sue
>>> Would it were still so.
>>> Doc
>>
>>--
>>Two rules in life:
>>
>>1. Don't tell people everything you know.
>>2.
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>Best, Terry
>
>"Lawyer - one trained to circumvent the law" - The Devil's Dictionary
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