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In reply to the discussion: Justice for JFK [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)have it in libraries? JFK was a thinker, so it's not really surprising that he would have preferred to think along the lines of a more peaceful world. But he appears to have been a realist also, and would never have won an election if had anything good to about Castor. And nothing has changed
We are stuck in a 'violence is the solution' bubble despite the evidence to the contrary.
Logic should have told us by now that if violence was the answer, then how is it that not much has changed? Well according to what they tell us. We seem to always have a boogie man that keeps the war machine going. I'm sure JFK realized that.
Re Petraeus, yes, there is a whole lot we do not know. The 'affair' seems to me to be a cover to distract and to let him off the hook in what has apparently been decided, is the in the best interests of the country. Already the obedient MSM has dropped the story, without ever doing any real investigative journalism. I have some theories, but that is all they are at this point.
Image is everything, which is why we can never prosecute War Criminals. Well that is the theory anyhow. I disagree, and think that when a country holds its own criminals accountable it's image can only be enhanced. But then I am probably not thinking in the same box as those who decide these things.
I would be very interested in the Bolivar speech. Our policies in South America were criminal and a disaster for that region of the world. We always seem to back dictators for some reason.
We need a change of course. The old Cold War propaganda still has enormous effect on far too many Americans imo.