RT James Adler **Astounding** expose by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.--who experienced much of this first-hand as a child -- in Rolling Stone. He told Arthur Schlesinger that he wanted to splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds. He told his close friend Ben Bradlee that he wanted the epitaph He kept the peace, and said to another friend, William Walton, I am almost a peace at any price president. Hugh Sidey, a journalist and friend, wrote that the governing aspect of JFKs leadership was a total revulsion of war....JFKs presidency would be a continuous struggle with his own military and intelligence agencies, which engaged in incessant schemes to trap him into escalating the Cold War into a hot one. During the 13 days, the presidents hold on power became increasingly tenuous as spooks and generals, apoplectic at JFKs reluctance to attack Cuba, engaged in dozens of acts of insubordination designed to trigger a nuclear exchange. CIA spymaster William Harvey screamed at the president and my father during a White House meeting: We wouldnt be in such trouble now if you guys had some balls in the Bay of Pigs. Defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg, who years later leaked the Pentagon Papers, reported, There was virtually a coup atmosphere in Pentagon circles. Incensed brass were in a state of disbelief at what they considered bald treason by the president. The morning of November 21st, as he prepared to leave for Texas, he reviewed a casualty list for Vietnam indicating that more than 100 Americans to date had died there. Shaken and angry, JFK told his assistant press secretary Malcolm Kilduff, Its time for us to get out. The Vietnamese arent fighting for themselves. Were the ones doing the fighting. After I come back from Texas, thats going to change. Theres no reason for us to lose another man over there. Vietnam is not worth another American life. Read more: rollingstone/politics/news/john-f-kennedys-vision-of-peace-20131120page=2#ixzz2mNhlBu6g
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 05:18:29 +0000
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