Jefferson Morley
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We want to live in peace, even with systems that are very different than ours, like the people who live under the Soviet system. And he said, you know, those people who live under the Soviet system, they are mortal just like us. And so Kennedy made this very eloquent appeal to wind down the Cold War by citing the common humanity of people. And this is why people still honor his name.
We want to live in peace, even with systems that are very different than ours, like the people who live under the Soviet system. And he said, you know, those people who live under the Soviet system, they are mortal just like us. And so Kennedy made this very eloquent appeal to wind down the Cold War by citing the common humanity of people. And this is why people still honor his name.
We want to live in peace, even with systems that are very different than ours, like the people who live under the Soviet system. And he said, you know, those people who live under the Soviet system, they are mortal just like us. And so Kennedy made this very eloquent appeal to wind down the Cold War by citing the common humanity of people. And this is why people still honor his name.
And this is why he is the most popular president when people go back and Ronald Reagan runs a distant second. It was because Kennedy had an articulated a strategy for peace. Now, you know, with his death, that strategy for peace was not pursued. Lyndon Johnson did what JFK didn't do. He escalated in Vietnam. He didn't pursue more negotiations with the Soviet Union.
And this is why he is the most popular president when people go back and Ronald Reagan runs a distant second. It was because Kennedy had an articulated a strategy for peace. Now, you know, with his death, that strategy for peace was not pursued. Lyndon Johnson did what JFK didn't do. He escalated in Vietnam. He didn't pursue more negotiations with the Soviet Union.
And this is why he is the most popular president when people go back and Ronald Reagan runs a distant second. It was because Kennedy had an articulated a strategy for peace. Now, you know, with his death, that strategy for peace was not pursued. Lyndon Johnson did what JFK didn't do. He escalated in Vietnam. He didn't pursue more negotiations with the Soviet Union.
And so Kennedy's dream was not realized, but he articulated it and people remembered it. And over the years, we have seen since the mid-1960s, you know, the United States has been at war pretty much constantly ever since then. 10 years in Vietnam, extensive engagement in Central America in the 80s, although not with US troops, but with US advisors.
And so Kennedy's dream was not realized, but he articulated it and people remembered it. And over the years, we have seen since the mid-1960s, you know, the United States has been at war pretty much constantly ever since then. 10 years in Vietnam, extensive engagement in Central America in the 80s, although not with US troops, but with US advisors.
And so Kennedy's dream was not realized, but he articulated it and people remembered it. And over the years, we have seen since the mid-1960s, you know, the United States has been at war pretty much constantly ever since then. 10 years in Vietnam, extensive engagement in Central America in the 80s, although not with US troops, but with US advisors.
And then after 9-11, the invasion of Afghanistan, the invasion of Iraq, And now we have a war in Ukraine. So, you know, Kennedy was trying to demilitarize U.S. policy and he didn't succeed. But that dream of a strategy of peace, that's why Kennedy is still popular and that's why he's still relevant.
And then after 9-11, the invasion of Afghanistan, the invasion of Iraq, And now we have a war in Ukraine. So, you know, Kennedy was trying to demilitarize U.S. policy and he didn't succeed. But that dream of a strategy of peace, that's why Kennedy is still popular and that's why he's still relevant.
And then after 9-11, the invasion of Afghanistan, the invasion of Iraq, And now we have a war in Ukraine. So, you know, Kennedy was trying to demilitarize U.S. policy and he didn't succeed. But that dream of a strategy of peace, that's why Kennedy is still popular and that's why he's still relevant.
And people should Google JFK American University speech and listen to it and see. I think they will be struck by a tone that they haven't heard from any other U.S. president in terms of looking at the common good of humanity and how a president should pursue that. It's very important, and it's why Kennedy is still relevant.
And people should Google JFK American University speech and listen to it and see. I think they will be struck by a tone that they haven't heard from any other U.S. president in terms of looking at the common good of humanity and how a president should pursue that. It's very important, and it's why Kennedy is still relevant.
And people should Google JFK American University speech and listen to it and see. I think they will be struck by a tone that they haven't heard from any other U.S. president in terms of looking at the common good of humanity and how a president should pursue that. It's very important, and it's why Kennedy is still relevant.
Yeah. So in the past year, under President Biden's direction, executive branch agencies declassified some of the JFK documents that had redactions. And so for the first time, we saw some documents in their entirety. And one of the documents that was released in April of 2023, identified for the first time the name of the man who had read Lee Harvey Oswald's mail.
Yeah. So in the past year, under President Biden's direction, executive branch agencies declassified some of the JFK documents that had redactions. And so for the first time, we saw some documents in their entirety. And one of the documents that was released in April of 2023, identified for the first time the name of the man who had read Lee Harvey Oswald's mail.
Yeah. So in the past year, under President Biden's direction, executive branch agencies declassified some of the JFK documents that had redactions. And so for the first time, we saw some documents in their entirety. And one of the documents that was released in April of 2023, identified for the first time the name of the man who had read Lee Harvey Oswald's mail.
Lee Harvey Oswald was the accused assassin of President Kennedy. And it turned out that the CIA had been reading his mail from 1960 to 1962. And Ruben Efron was the man at the CIA who did that. Now, we had seen portions of Ruben Efron's memo before, but what Ruben Efron wrote a memo in 1962 to a colleague in the CIA, and he had recalled a letter that he had intercepted.
Lee Harvey Oswald was the accused assassin of President Kennedy. And it turned out that the CIA had been reading his mail from 1960 to 1962. And Ruben Efron was the man at the CIA who did that. Now, we had seen portions of Ruben Efron's memo before, but what Ruben Efron wrote a memo in 1962 to a colleague in the CIA, and he had recalled a letter that he had intercepted.