JFK's 1960 "Strategy of Peace": just wow

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6. Interesting!

As I understand it Joe took a hit for his isolationist position on Germany and that was the end of his political career, which up to then was moving right along with the English ambassadorship and something else in the FDR admin. Once the war drums started beating he was out so it's to the family's credit that they've all maintained that position.

Teddy in fact was one of the few senators who voted no on the IWR in 2002 and I remember he too was marginalized after going on several chat shows to plead with his colleagues that Iraq was folly:

Kennedy: Vote Against Iraq War My Best
The Associated Press
Friday, June 2, 2006; 11:27 PM


WORCESTER, Mass. -- Sen. Edward Kennedy on Friday declared his vote against the Iraq war the best he has cast since being elected in 1962. . . .

"My vote against this misbegotten war is the best vote I have cast in the United States Senate since I was elected in 1962," Kennedy said. "And my call more than a year ago -- more than a year ago-- to bring our troops home is one of my proudest moments."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/02/AR2006060201983.html