Jefferson Morley
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Well, I mean, we are skewed towards, you know, These military intelligence agencies, they get the budget they want, you know, and everybody else comes is in line after them, you know. And this is why the accountability around JFK is important as a symbolic issue and also as a real issue today is, you know, we've been at war. you know, pretty constantly since 1963. Kennedy offered an alternative.
Well, I mean, we are skewed towards, you know, These military intelligence agencies, they get the budget they want, you know, and everybody else comes is in line after them, you know. And this is why the accountability around JFK is important as a symbolic issue and also as a real issue today is, you know, we've been at war. you know, pretty constantly since 1963. Kennedy offered an alternative.
Well, I mean, we are skewed towards, you know, These military intelligence agencies, they get the budget they want, you know, and everybody else comes is in line after them, you know. And this is why the accountability around JFK is important as a symbolic issue and also as a real issue today is, you know, we've been at war. you know, pretty constantly since 1963. Kennedy offered an alternative.
We don't know exactly what he would have done. And he might have changed course. He might not have been a peacemaker. Of course, there's no way to tell. But he offered the possibility and he defined a choice, another path that was available. And, you know, that path is still available to us. But the entrenched power of these agencies is such that that option is not really on the table.
We don't know exactly what he would have done. And he might have changed course. He might not have been a peacemaker. Of course, there's no way to tell. But he offered the possibility and he defined a choice, another path that was available. And, you know, that path is still available to us. But the entrenched power of these agencies is such that that option is not really on the table.
We don't know exactly what he would have done. And he might have changed course. He might not have been a peacemaker. Of course, there's no way to tell. But he offered the possibility and he defined a choice, another path that was available. And, you know, that path is still available to us. But the entrenched power of these agencies is such that that option is not really on the table.
And look at it. I mean, look at what the CIA did. They rolled Trump and they rolled Biden, two very different presidents with very different attitudes towards the CIA. And the CIA got exactly what it wanted from them. That's how strong they are in the constellation of American power. They get what they want.
And look at it. I mean, look at what the CIA did. They rolled Trump and they rolled Biden, two very different presidents with very different attitudes towards the CIA. And the CIA got exactly what it wanted from them. That's how strong they are in the constellation of American power. They get what they want.
And look at it. I mean, look at what the CIA did. They rolled Trump and they rolled Biden, two very different presidents with very different attitudes towards the CIA. And the CIA got exactly what it wanted from them. That's how strong they are in the constellation of American power. They get what they want.
You know, I think that that broader cultural change, the counterculture, the emergence of a counterculture in the 1960s, that had many causes. The affluence after the postwar baby boom, the emergence of a civil rights movement where African-Americans are demanding full citizenship for the first time. Yeah.
You know, I think that that broader cultural change, the counterculture, the emergence of a counterculture in the 1960s, that had many causes. The affluence after the postwar baby boom, the emergence of a civil rights movement where African-Americans are demanding full citizenship for the first time. Yeah.
You know, I think that that broader cultural change, the counterculture, the emergence of a counterculture in the 1960s, that had many causes. The affluence after the postwar baby boom, the emergence of a civil rights movement where African-Americans are demanding full citizenship for the first time. Yeah.
you know, technological changes like the birth control pill, which changes the reality, social reality for women everywhere. You know, there were broad causes behind the cultural change that happened in the 1960s. But I think with Kennedy, what was lost was not so much that cultural change would have happened.
you know, technological changes like the birth control pill, which changes the reality, social reality for women everywhere. You know, there were broad causes behind the cultural change that happened in the 1960s. But I think with Kennedy, what was lost was not so much that cultural change would have happened.
you know, technological changes like the birth control pill, which changes the reality, social reality for women everywhere. You know, there were broad causes behind the cultural change that happened in the 1960s. But I think with Kennedy, what was lost was not so much that cultural change would have happened.
And in fact, we can see Kennedy as kind of a leading edge of that, that, that he's anticipating that there's going to be this movement against militarism in favor of civil rights. And as a politician, he's trying to get in front of that parade so that he can, you know, muster it towards his own ends. So I think that, you know, we would have had a counterculture and all that, but again,
And in fact, we can see Kennedy as kind of a leading edge of that, that, that he's anticipating that there's going to be this movement against militarism in favor of civil rights. And as a politician, he's trying to get in front of that parade so that he can, you know, muster it towards his own ends. So I think that, you know, we would have had a counterculture and all that, but again,
And in fact, we can see Kennedy as kind of a leading edge of that, that, that he's anticipating that there's going to be this movement against militarism in favor of civil rights. And as a politician, he's trying to get in front of that parade so that he can, you know, muster it towards his own ends. So I think that, you know, we would have had a counterculture and all that, but again,