Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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He only put 16,000 advisors, which was fewer troops. And he sent to get James Meredith into the universe, to Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi, one black man. He sent 16,000. And a month before he died, he ordered them all home. Actually, I think it was October 2nd of 1963, he heard that a Green Beret had died. And he asked his aide for a list of combat fatalities.
And the aide came back, and there was 75 men had died in Vietnam at that point. And he said, that's too many. We're going to have no more. And he ordered. He signed a national security order, 263. and ordered all of those men, all Americans, home from Vietnam by 1965, with the first 1,000 coming home by December 1963.
And the aide came back, and there was 75 men had died in Vietnam at that point. And he said, that's too many. We're going to have no more. And he ordered. He signed a national security order, 263. and ordered all of those men, all Americans, home from Vietnam by 1965, with the first 1,000 coming home by December 1963.
And the aide came back, and there was 75 men had died in Vietnam at that point. And he said, that's too many. We're going to have no more. And he ordered. He signed a national security order, 263. and ordered all of those men, all Americans, home from Vietnam by 1965, with the first 1,000 coming home by December 1963.
And then in November, he, of course, just before that evacuation began, he was killed. And a week later, President Johnson remanded that order, and then a year after that, the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, we sent 250,000, which is what they wanted my uncle to do, which he refused. And it became an American war. And then Nixon topped it off at 560,000.
And then in November, he, of course, just before that evacuation began, he was killed. And a week later, President Johnson remanded that order, and then a year after that, the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, we sent 250,000, which is what they wanted my uncle to do, which he refused. And it became an American war. And then Nixon topped it off at 560,000.
And then in November, he, of course, just before that evacuation began, he was killed. And a week later, President Johnson remanded that order, and then a year after that, the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, we sent 250,000, which is what they wanted my uncle to do, which he refused. And it became an American war. And then Nixon topped it off at 560,000.
56,000 Americans never came home, including my cousin, George Skakel, who died at the Tet Offensive. And we killed a million Vietnamese, and we got nothing for it.
56,000 Americans never came home, including my cousin, George Skakel, who died at the Tet Offensive. And we killed a million Vietnamese, and we got nothing for it.
56,000 Americans never came home, including my cousin, George Skakel, who died at the Tet Offensive. And we killed a million Vietnamese, and we got nothing for it.
Today, my uncle really focused on putting America on the side of the poor instead of our tradition of fortifying oligarchies that were anti-communism. That was our major criteria. If you said you were against communism, of course the people were. We're the rich people. Our aid was going to the rich people in those countries, and they were going to the military to hunt us.
Today, my uncle really focused on putting America on the side of the poor instead of our tradition of fortifying oligarchies that were anti-communism. That was our major criteria. If you said you were against communism, of course the people were. We're the rich people. Our aid was going to the rich people in those countries, and they were going to the military to hunt us.
Today, my uncle really focused on putting America on the side of the poor instead of our tradition of fortifying oligarchies that were anti-communism. That was our major criteria. If you said you were against communism, of course the people were. We're the rich people. Our aid was going to the rich people in those countries, and they were going to the military to hunt us.
Our weapons were going to hunt us to fight against the poor. And my uncle said, no, you know, America should be on the side of the poor. And so he launched the Alliance for Progress. And the USAID, which were intended to bring aid to the poorest people in those and build middle classes and take ourselves away.
Our weapons were going to hunt us to fight against the poor. And my uncle said, no, you know, America should be on the side of the poor. And so he launched the Alliance for Progress. And the USAID, which were intended to bring aid to the poorest people in those and build middle classes and take ourselves away.
Our weapons were going to hunt us to fight against the poor. And my uncle said, no, you know, America should be on the side of the poor. And so he launched the Alliance for Progress. And the USAID, which were intended to bring aid to the poorest people in those and build middle classes and take ourselves away.
In fact, his most, his favorite trip, his two favorite trips while he was president, his most favorite trip was to Ireland. this incredible emotional homecoming for all of the people of Ireland. But his second favorite trip was when he went to Colombia. He went to Latin America, but Colombia was his favorite country.
In fact, his most, his favorite trip, his two favorite trips while he was president, his most favorite trip was to Ireland. this incredible emotional homecoming for all of the people of Ireland. But his second favorite trip was when he went to Colombia. He went to Latin America, but Colombia was his favorite country.
In fact, his most, his favorite trip, his two favorite trips while he was president, his most favorite trip was to Ireland. this incredible emotional homecoming for all of the people of Ireland. But his second favorite trip was when he went to Colombia. He went to Latin America, but Colombia was his favorite country.
And I think there were two million people came into Bogota to see him, this vast crowd, and they were just delirious, cheering for him. And the president of Colombia, Jerez Carmargo, said to him, do you know why they love you? And my uncle said, why? And he said, because they think you've put America on the side of the poor against the oligarchs. And, you know, when my uncle, after he died today,