In April 1954, Kennedy stood up on the Senate floor to challenge the Eisenhower Administration’s support for the doomed French imperial war in Vietnam, foreseeing that this would not be a short-lived war.[1] In July 1957, Kennedy once more took a strong stand against French colonialism, this time France’s bloody war against Algeria’s independence movement, which again found the Eisenhower Administration on the wrong side of history. Rising on the Senate floor, two days before America’s own Independence Day, Kennedy declared:
I highly recommend for those who have some extra time to check out John Frankenheimer's movie starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, you can view the trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwMjiArJFhM. And of course Oliver Stone's "JFK" which for those who haven't seen it or it has been awhile is a must watch/re-watch. The trailer can be viewed here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDWu_n4pQwY
Jane Foster, an OSS agent whose life was highlighted in the book "A Covert Affair", was stationed in Indonesia. Her reports stated that the US support of the imperialism of the Brits, Dutch and French would lead to more strife in Indonesia. Foster's reports have disappeared according to the author but we have Foster's autobiography "An Unamerican Lady". We also know that after the 1945 atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, the US stockpile of weaponry on Okinawa needed to conclude the war with Japan was moved to Indonesia in preparation for more action. JFK was right to make the assertion about war in Vietnam. Potsdam started the Cold War and what we see in Ukraine links back to those days. Endless war. Excellent work, Cynthia.
I highly recommend for those who have some extra time to check out John Frankenheimer's movie starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, you can view the trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwMjiArJFhM. And of course Oliver Stone's "JFK" which for those who haven't seen it or it has been awhile is a must watch/re-watch. The trailer can be viewed here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDWu_n4pQwY
Nice tribute to both JFK and de Gaulle...the Fenimore Cooper quote was amazingly prescient!
Very good. Thanks.
Jane Foster, an OSS agent whose life was highlighted in the book "A Covert Affair", was stationed in Indonesia. Her reports stated that the US support of the imperialism of the Brits, Dutch and French would lead to more strife in Indonesia. Foster's reports have disappeared according to the author but we have Foster's autobiography "An Unamerican Lady". We also know that after the 1945 atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, the US stockpile of weaponry on Okinawa needed to conclude the war with Japan was moved to Indonesia in preparation for more action. JFK was right to make the assertion about war in Vietnam. Potsdam started the Cold War and what we see in Ukraine links back to those days. Endless war. Excellent work, Cynthia.
IKE appears in this video. Read between the lines. Kennedy's brilliance threads the message ...
https://youtu.be/-RYiL-7V7IY