Was watching “The Good Shepherd” loosely based on James Angleton and it made me weirdly enough think of how the State Dept. has been maligned, especially with regard to JFK
The WASP and new elite in the intel community always point to Israel killing JFK and use it in their book of anti-Zionism, but it’s also worth noting these same people are in the line of James Angleton, who, while not a Zionist, was a staunch American anti-communist
Kennedy was opposed to Dimona (Israel’s nukes), but Angleton and other WASPs, despite opposing Jewry and Jews in their culture, were pragmatic about opposing communism. They supported Arabs and the Jews. These same WASPs can’t be called “goys” because the Holocaust wasn’t a cultural artifact until after Kennedy’s death…
Whatever you make of it, Kennedy was staunchly progressive, dovish, likely infiltrated or tolerant of communists, failed with the Bay of Pigs, and allowed Soviet Russia to expand. He flanked Nixon to the right on communism, basically the only issue, and then failed. That was his deciding issue.
Everything the populist right hates today, the Civil Rights Act, Hart-Celler, the Civil Rights Movement, it was all enshrined and legislated into law under Kennedy’s presidency/cabinet term. He was all for government spending and was the progenitor of the “Great Society.”
For better or worse, Kennedy evaluated to let China and the Vietnamese communists expand before LBJ reversed it. If the US had the will, many argue Vietnam would’ve been over and allowed the US to sharply curb China
The Korean War and Vietnam were specifically about containing Communist China, same with Taiwan. Nixon famously pulled off the pragmatic Sino-Soviet split, which, over 60 years, has allowed China to now rival the US and dwarf Russia
To his credit, Kennedy was anti-organized crime. Which is why we get reports that Meyer Lansky, the Jewish mafia, the organized crime casinos in Cuba loosely tied to the rebels
All in all, Kennedy was elected on communism. He won a tight race. He lambasted Nixon was “too soft” on communism. Kennedy and Carter both served to unravel the colonized world, allowing communism to gain influence. Nixon was historically a far better negotiator, statesman, diplomat, and strategist
Kennedy ultimately edged out a razor thin margin, securing elite WASP support and populist Southerns, based on anti-communism, liberal capitalism, and an identity that seemed vigorous
In truth, Kennedy blew up the Southerners. His “decision” and plan is why White Southerners and Black Southerners switched parties. He left Nixon a mess. Failing to finish the job he promised to (Cuba) before, likely putting the US on a back foot with the USSR. Nixon showed willingness to commit and Kennedy didn’t
Additionally, Kennedy was opposed to the US’ strategic industries, namely oil, where Bush made money
Kennedy had made an enemy of basically every strategic interest and crucial ally of the US at that point. The Soviets ironically had the least to gain by removing Kennedy
And James Angleton, for whatever you think of him, was not some “goy” or Evangelical. The Holocaust wasn’t even a thing to most of America by the time he died
In sum, while wrong, taking a conspiracy at face value, Kennedy was probably a serious danger to the US. Not to mention his Addison’s disease, he was likely close to death
It tells a tale that the praetorian guard, the US empire, the other empires, whatever ideal the “populist right” wants to uphold, we should understand those interests had every reason to protect us or fear Kennedy’s power
I’m sure the Israel angle is convenient for the CIA to spare them the horror, as Kennedy was no friend of them either
All conspiracies involve interested parties. If I were to draw one, I’d say the old guard acted to try to stop the damage. But once Kennedy was elected, it was too late. Once Angleton was gone in the 70s (post Nixon), communists gained rapid ground and the US lost footing