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Taverner

(55,476 posts) Fri Dec 14, 2012, 01:22 AM Dec 2012

What if JFK, MLK and RFK had lived? [View all]

Would we have had Vietnam?

Would we have had Reagan?

Would we have had W?

Where would we be , as a people, in the process of healing?

There are some serious unattended wounds on this country....

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What if JFK, MLK and RFK had lived? [View all] Taverner Dec 2012 OP

I surmise that you are between the ages of 50 and 60 years. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #1

42. Male. Californian. Taverner Dec 2012 #4

that was what i was telling folks in 08 oldhippydude Dec 2012 #27

I'm a little confused here Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #9

actually the voting age at that time was 21 oldhippydude Dec 2012 #29

But if you go back and read the post I was replying to, Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #47

Wow. The deaths of those men dramatically changed the course of history. JaneyVee Dec 2012 #2

Especially now that we know now that JFK was opposed to Vietnam... Taverner Dec 2012 #3

That alone could have changed the course of human history. Intense. JaneyVee Dec 2012 #5

The Vietnam war would have never happened .. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #32

Your post made me cry for your uncle, your mother and for you. I do want to point out, though, coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #37

hmm.never thought about that. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #39

It's pretty clear JFK was going to pull out. He signed NSAM 263, ordering complete withdrawal. Octafish Dec 2012 #44

Yep. JFK repeatedly told Kenny O'Donnell, hifiguy Dec 2012 #46

NSAM 263, as I understand it, was conditioned upon success by the puppets coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #48

Your post made me tear up.... Taverner Dec 2012 #43

I have wondered this too ... DakotaLady Dec 2012 #16

There was a reason all three of them were deliberately killed. villager Dec 2012 #6

.... Taverner Dec 2012 #8

This. CrispyQ Dec 2012 #31

If JFK, RFK, and MLK had lived and had been able to follow through with their visions Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #7

Or it would have created a backlash that gave us Reagan in 68 Taverner Dec 2012 #11

I don't know about that Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #24

RFK wanted Single Payer, Universal Health Care Taverner Dec 2012 #45

My dad did a TOD in Vietnam under JFK LeftInTX Dec 2012 #10

weird timing The Straight Story Dec 2012 #12

I never knew. Overseas Dec 2012 #14

Nifty. Thanks. n/t Laelth Dec 2012 #28

I love that song SummerSnow Dec 2012 #33

K&R. Overseas Dec 2012 #13

I don't think we would have had Reagan or W LeftInTX Dec 2012 #15

I agree completely they would have changed history add one more name Jerry Litton from Missouri. gordianot Dec 2012 #17

Thanks for the suggestion - I will look him up Taverner Dec 2012 #21

I remember Jerry Litton Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #23

Good question davidpdx Dec 2012 #18

Reagan was shot LeftInTX Dec 2012 #19

No. Knowing what we know now, no. Taverner Dec 2012 #20

Well the other three were killed in the 60s weren't they? davidpdx Dec 2012 #22

MLK (advocate of non-violent change and economic justice) and RFK (advocate of peace and Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #26

no datasuspect Dec 2012 #25

People might have ended up seeing them as sell outs Johonny Dec 2012 #30

You make a good point, but I'm going to play devil's advocate. CrispyQ Dec 2012 #34

If you listen to Townshend Johonny Dec 2012 #41

Excellent points. I do think, though, had MLK coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #38

I posted this a while ago regarding this very subject (at least as far as the Kennedys go) . . . . HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #35

This wasn't done by some cabal...this was done by corporate America in plain view Taverner Dec 2012 #42

If Hitler had been admitted to art school, there might never have coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #36

Great question. I think we can get a pretty clear idea allrevvedup Dec 2012 #40

John F. Kennedy @ American University MinM Dec 2012 #49