Jefferson Morley

You know, if Kennedy had wound down in Vietnam and extracted the US from Vietnam in the way that Charles de Gaulle extracted France from Algeria, and that was a big, you know, geopolitical issue at the time. Algeria had been France's colony for, you know, decades, a century.

You know, if Kennedy had wound down in Vietnam and extracted the US from Vietnam in the way that Charles de Gaulle extracted France from Algeria, and that was a big, you know, geopolitical issue at the time. Algeria had been France's colony for, you know, decades, a century.

You know, if Kennedy had wound down in Vietnam and extracted the US from Vietnam in the way that Charles de Gaulle extracted France from Algeria, and that was a big, you know, geopolitical issue at the time. Algeria had been France's colony for, you know, decades, a century.

And it was very unpopular for De Gaulle to say, no, we're going to let Algeria go be an independent country and we're not going to mess with them. Kennedy was anti-colonial in his thinking. And this is something else that's underestimated about him, but very clear.

And it was very unpopular for De Gaulle to say, no, we're going to let Algeria go be an independent country and we're not going to mess with them. Kennedy was anti-colonial in his thinking. And this is something else that's underestimated about him, but very clear.

And it was very unpopular for De Gaulle to say, no, we're going to let Algeria go be an independent country and we're not going to mess with them. Kennedy was anti-colonial in his thinking. And this is something else that's underestimated about him, but very clear.

He really sympathized with these new countries that emerged after World War II in Africa and Asia that had been under colonial rule for centuries. and became independent after the war. And Kennedy said, yes, these countries have the right to self-determination. These colonial powers have no right to go in there and dominate these people. And so Kennedy was acting on that anti-colonial impulse.

He really sympathized with these new countries that emerged after World War II in Africa and Asia that had been under colonial rule for centuries. and became independent after the war. And Kennedy said, yes, these countries have the right to self-determination. These colonial powers have no right to go in there and dominate these people. And so Kennedy was acting on that anti-colonial impulse.

He really sympathized with these new countries that emerged after World War II in Africa and Asia that had been under colonial rule for centuries. and became independent after the war. And Kennedy said, yes, these countries have the right to self-determination. These colonial powers have no right to go in there and dominate these people. And so Kennedy was acting on that anti-colonial impulse.

And if Kennedy hadn't gone into Vietnam, we would have had the cultural change, I think, but you wouldn't have had that bitter division that the Vietnam War engendered. And, you know, we live in a polarized time today, but the late 1960s is the only time comparable to today where you had that kind of bitter polarization and a feeling all around, like, is the country going to survive?

And if Kennedy hadn't gone into Vietnam, we would have had the cultural change, I think, but you wouldn't have had that bitter division that the Vietnam War engendered. And, you know, we live in a polarized time today, but the late 1960s is the only time comparable to today where you had that kind of bitter polarization and a feeling all around, like, is the country going to survive?

And if Kennedy hadn't gone into Vietnam, we would have had the cultural change, I think, but you wouldn't have had that bitter division that the Vietnam War engendered. And, you know, we live in a polarized time today, but the late 1960s is the only time comparable to today where you had that kind of bitter polarization and a feeling all around, like, is the country going to survive?

Can we hang together, you know? And it turned out we did, you know, barely, but... if Kennedy hadn't been killed, or if Kennedy had pulled out of Vietnam, or even if there had been a real reckoning of who caused his death, that division around Vietnam wouldn't have happened. And so, yes, we would be, we would live in a very different country.

Can we hang together, you know? And it turned out we did, you know, barely, but... if Kennedy hadn't been killed, or if Kennedy had pulled out of Vietnam, or even if there had been a real reckoning of who caused his death, that division around Vietnam wouldn't have happened. And so, yes, we would be, we would live in a very different country.

Can we hang together, you know? And it turned out we did, you know, barely, but... if Kennedy hadn't been killed, or if Kennedy had pulled out of Vietnam, or even if there had been a real reckoning of who caused his death, that division around Vietnam wouldn't have happened. And so, yes, we would be, we would live in a very different country.

So to answer your question, we would have had a cultural change regardless. That was coming for many reasons, but we probably wouldn't have the loss of faith and the bitter divisions that we had in the 1960s and that are, you know, that we still live with today.

So to answer your question, we would have had a cultural change regardless. That was coming for many reasons, but we probably wouldn't have the loss of faith and the bitter divisions that we had in the 1960s and that are, you know, that we still live with today.

So to answer your question, we would have had a cultural change regardless. That was coming for many reasons, but we probably wouldn't have the loss of faith and the bitter divisions that we had in the 1960s and that are, you know, that we still live with today.

Where did the gunfire happen and why did Oswald do this and why did Ruby kill Oswald, that sort of thing?

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