Posted: Apr 08, 2010 3:37 pm
andyx1205 wrote:Who agrees? John F. Kennedy is hands down the most overrated President in American History, he never intended to withdraw from Vietnam contrary to the widespread from his wars after starting themumours (former Secretary of Defense claims that JFK wanted to withdraw even though he increased the troop level, that's like Rumsfeld claiming that Bush was going to withdraw from his wars), the Bay of Pigs was a disaster, he helped bring the Ba'ath party in power in Iraq who killed countless numbers of intellectuals and teachers, and he didn't do much for Civil Rights (he could have done much more).
I will give him credit for handling the Cuban Missile Crisis though, but in essence the Bay of Pigs invasion can be blamed for the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Soviets were fucking insane though for putting missiles there.
It seems that because of the countless number of conspiracy theories surrounding JFK's assassination, he has been made into some American hero when he was anything but.
Your thoughts?
Getting assassinated does wonders for one's popularity index. Being photogenic and having a wife who is an international fashion icon doesn't hurt, either.
And then there's the Kennedy curse-- all those young family members with their lives cut short-- great for adding a little ominous romantic tragedy to the mix.
When i lived in Boston, I visited homes that actually had a framed portrait of the pope on one wall, and a framed photo of JFK on the other. Both were equally decorated.
Some of them had a third wall with a framed IRA membership-- Boston Irish take their heritage, and their heroes, very seriously.