Douglas Caddy Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Movie Review Enemies, Abroad and at Home ‘JFK: A President Betrayed’ Recounts Kennedy’s Opposition The New York Times November 21, 2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/22/movies/jfk-a-president-betrayed-recounts-kennedys-opposition.html?smid=fb-share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Lifton Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Movie Review Enemies, Abroad and at Home ‘JFK: A President Betrayed’ Recounts Kennedy’s Opposition The New York Times November 21, 2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/22/movies/jfk-a-president-betrayed-recounts-kennedys-opposition.html?smid=fb-share Excellent documentary. Makes clear the extent to which Kennedy faced serious opposition from his own military and other high national security officials. I agree with Theodore Sorensen that JFK kept us out of at least one nuclear war during his brief time in office. One great clip in the film: Senator Kennedy, about 1954, after a trip to Vietnam, cogently arguing why we shouldn't attempt to make a military stand there, because the opposition was basically nationalists, even if they were left of enter. Aside from all the documentation that Kennedy had no intention of putting in the merican Army, or escalating beyond "advisors," its clear that the military was chafing at the bit to escalate--and they got their wish when JFK was assassinated and Johnson became president. DSL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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