Post by Rob Caprio on Dec 13, 2018 11:54:49 GMT -5
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In the summer of 1962 the book "Seven Days in May" was very popular. It dealt with the military, led by the Chief of Staff of the Joint Chiefs, attempting to overtake the country by deposing of the President. President John F. Kennedy (JFK) was asked by some of his close friends on board his sail boat if he thought this could ever really happen.
He uncannily predicted that if the conditions were right, and three or more events took place that did not sit well with the military it could happen. I would like to submit the following events for consideration as I believe these could have led to his overthrow.
1) The Bay of Pigs
This clandestine operation was designed by the CIA/military to force JFK to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro so our businesses and the mob could get back to their normal business practices. Despite severe pressure from the military and his advisors JFK refused to use US military forces in this invasion as it was illegal to do so since it was a clandestine event. Needless to say we would have invaded if Richard Nixon had won the election.
2) Cuban Missile Crisis
Again, despite huge pressure from his advisors who tended to be hawks, and the military he refused to invade Cuba yet again. He even went so far as to arrange to remove US ballistic missiles from Turkey in exchange for the missiles in Cuba to be removed. JFK was heard to say that the Chief of Staff of the Joint Chiefs, Lyman Lemnitzer, was "nuts" and he never wanted to be in a room with him again.
3) Detente with the Russians
Needless to say, much money was made during the manufactured "Cold War" by both countries, but the Russians realized they could not compete long-term with the Americans so they were open to discussing a reduction in nuclear weapons (for anyone who doubts this statement just look to the reasons Gorbachev cited for the collapse of the Soviet Union in the late '80s). For the military and all of the businesses that make a fortune from making our weapons of war this was not good news. Too much money and control was involved to have us not in conflict with the Soviets.
4) American University Speech
JFK made it vividly clear to anyone in the military, CIA or war-making capacities that he was for peace in this great speech. Khrushchev called it the greatest speech by a US President ever.
5) Withdrawal From Vietnam
Much has been debated about this, but if one looks at the memorandums signed by JFK he intended to withdraw from Vietnam by the end of 1965. It would be even more clear if McGeorge Bundy did not cover JFK's intentions so well. Bundy was involved in all the major decisions on that day including telling the new President, Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ), that they had their man around 3:00 p.m. while he was flying back. He is the author of National Security Action Memorandum (NSAM) 273, which was started the day BEFORE JFK's assassination and includes the words "to help them win their war" for the first time. This was going to be the new hotbed for the CIA and military; thus, they did not want JFK messing things up for them.
6) Executive Order 11110
In June 1963 JFK signed Executive Order 11110 calling for the United States Treasury to start printing money again at NO interest to the United States Government. He started with a $4,000,000,000.00 commitment and these bills had "United States Note" on the top of them. The other main difference between these bills and the Federal Reserve Notes was that they were backed by silver bullion. The big benefit of this is that you could NOT print more paper money than you had in silver reserves, and this led to a spending cap. Both of these would have prevented the massive national debt we now have.
7) The Berlin Wall
In June of 1961 there was a major incident with the Soviet Union over the Berlin Wall in East Germany. Once again, the military called for drastic action since the Russians refused to take down the wall that separated West and East Berlin but JFK let a calmer head prevail and refused to take military action which could lead to World War III. Needless to say, the military was not happy about that and this lead to the thought that JFK was weak.
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In the summer of 1962 the book "Seven Days in May" was very popular. It dealt with the military, led by the Chief of Staff of the Joint Chiefs, attempting to overtake the country by deposing of the President. President John F. Kennedy (JFK) was asked by some of his close friends on board his sail boat if he thought this could ever really happen.
He uncannily predicted that if the conditions were right, and three or more events took place that did not sit well with the military it could happen. I would like to submit the following events for consideration as I believe these could have led to his overthrow.
1) The Bay of Pigs
This clandestine operation was designed by the CIA/military to force JFK to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro so our businesses and the mob could get back to their normal business practices. Despite severe pressure from the military and his advisors JFK refused to use US military forces in this invasion as it was illegal to do so since it was a clandestine event. Needless to say we would have invaded if Richard Nixon had won the election.
2) Cuban Missile Crisis
Again, despite huge pressure from his advisors who tended to be hawks, and the military he refused to invade Cuba yet again. He even went so far as to arrange to remove US ballistic missiles from Turkey in exchange for the missiles in Cuba to be removed. JFK was heard to say that the Chief of Staff of the Joint Chiefs, Lyman Lemnitzer, was "nuts" and he never wanted to be in a room with him again.
3) Detente with the Russians
Needless to say, much money was made during the manufactured "Cold War" by both countries, but the Russians realized they could not compete long-term with the Americans so they were open to discussing a reduction in nuclear weapons (for anyone who doubts this statement just look to the reasons Gorbachev cited for the collapse of the Soviet Union in the late '80s). For the military and all of the businesses that make a fortune from making our weapons of war this was not good news. Too much money and control was involved to have us not in conflict with the Soviets.
4) American University Speech
JFK made it vividly clear to anyone in the military, CIA or war-making capacities that he was for peace in this great speech. Khrushchev called it the greatest speech by a US President ever.
5) Withdrawal From Vietnam
Much has been debated about this, but if one looks at the memorandums signed by JFK he intended to withdraw from Vietnam by the end of 1965. It would be even more clear if McGeorge Bundy did not cover JFK's intentions so well. Bundy was involved in all the major decisions on that day including telling the new President, Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ), that they had their man around 3:00 p.m. while he was flying back. He is the author of National Security Action Memorandum (NSAM) 273, which was started the day BEFORE JFK's assassination and includes the words "to help them win their war" for the first time. This was going to be the new hotbed for the CIA and military; thus, they did not want JFK messing things up for them.
6) Executive Order 11110
In June 1963 JFK signed Executive Order 11110 calling for the United States Treasury to start printing money again at NO interest to the United States Government. He started with a $4,000,000,000.00 commitment and these bills had "United States Note" on the top of them. The other main difference between these bills and the Federal Reserve Notes was that they were backed by silver bullion. The big benefit of this is that you could NOT print more paper money than you had in silver reserves, and this led to a spending cap. Both of these would have prevented the massive national debt we now have.
7) The Berlin Wall
In June of 1961 there was a major incident with the Soviet Union over the Berlin Wall in East Germany. Once again, the military called for drastic action since the Russians refused to take down the wall that separated West and East Berlin but JFK let a calmer head prevail and refused to take military action which could lead to World War III. Needless to say, the military was not happy about that and this lead to the thought that JFK was weak.