JFK Conference: James DiEugenio made clear how Foreign Policy changed after November 22, 1963

[H2O Man]

104. One of the things

that I've enjoyed the most in my years on this forum is how you appreciated the accuracy of what my Dad said to me years ago about JFK's presidency. The longer I live and learn, the more I understand how absolutely on target he was with that one. Of course, he had the advantage of living in a different time than you and I, so he -- and the extended Clan -- had a unique view of what John Kennedy was attempting to accomplish. My grandfather had come from Ireland as a youth, in 1879, and my father was raised by a family of men and women who did not accept being considered second-class citizens. Much like the Kennedy family, they understood both the nature of freedom and democracy, and the nature of those seeking to oppress the masses.

Dallas didn't surprise my father at all. Upset him, for sure. Same with RFK. But I'd have to say that the one thing that really surprised him was that Nixon was elected in '68, and re-elected in '72. Even with the Watergate hearings, trials, and Nixon's resignation, he knew that the cancer hadn't been removed from the system.

We are still dealing with the consequences of those dark things.