Did not know about Ho and OSS. I wonder how the switch in understanding happened as the OSS mutated into the CIA. Is there a recommended Dulles brothers bio? RFKJR is clearly interested in this period and has written about it. Anyone read his books? It is hard to hear about this dark history
Did not know about Ho and OSS. I wonder how the switch in understanding happened as the OSS mutated into the CIA. Is there a recommended Dulles brothers bio? RFKJR is clearly interested in this period and has written about it. Anyone read his books? It is hard to hear about this dark history
David There are lots of books about the Dulles. One of my favorites was written by a friend of mine: THE DEVIL AND JOHN FOSTER DULLES. I recall the phrase: Dull, Duller, Dulles.
I am not a fan, especially the anti-vax, anti Ukraine stuff. I do think his thoughts about the murder of his father and uncle are worth at least checking out. He has credibility and demonstrated empathy in talking about grief which he did in remarks to those of us on Maui. As does President Biden who was also just with us. I also agree with you that it is time to get tougher with the Rs in Congress.
After researching my two books on the Vietnam War, "The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club" and "Going Downtown," all my JFK-fan malarkey finally went to the dumpster for removal (my first political act was hanging door knockers for JFK in 1960 when I was in high school). It turns out that the guy who went tip-toeing through the tulips to Vietnam was JFK - in a fit of pique after he got tweaked by Krushchev at the Vienna Summit in 1961. He never had any plans to leave Vietnam, despite all the post-assassination fantasies from the cult members. LBJ's big mistake was keeping the New Frontiersmen - particularly Strange MacNamara and Rusk - in the cabinet. The "graduate of Southestern Texas State Teacher's College" as he liked to refer to himself, was intellectually cowed by the Harvard morons, who were the ones who dragged him into fruitless escalation after fruitless escalation - each of which he initially refused. And then they were careful to scrape all the Vietnam mud off JFK and slather it on LBJ. So far as I am concerned, the whole damn Kennedy family from Joe the Bootlegger and Wall Street Scammer on were and are a cancer on America.
Looking forward to reading Keith WheelockтАЩs recommended Dulles book. Starting on your books on Amazon. My father was a communications officer on the cruiser Helena spending time in the oil soaked waters of Kula Gulf.
Did not know about Ho and OSS. I wonder how the switch in understanding happened as the OSS mutated into the CIA. Is there a recommended Dulles brothers bio? RFKJR is clearly interested in this period and has written about it. Anyone read his books? It is hard to hear about this dark history
David There are lots of books about the Dulles. One of my favorites was written by a friend of mine: THE DEVIL AND JOHN FOSTER DULLES. I recall the phrase: Dull, Duller, Dulles.
ItтАЩs out of print, but I got a used copy (last one?) from Amazon.
I'm amazed RFK Jr can write three words that make grammatical sense, the fucking traitor moron.
I am not a fan, especially the anti-vax, anti Ukraine stuff. I do think his thoughts about the murder of his father and uncle are worth at least checking out. He has credibility and demonstrated empathy in talking about grief which he did in remarks to those of us on Maui. As does President Biden who was also just with us. I also agree with you that it is time to get tougher with the Rs in Congress.
After researching my two books on the Vietnam War, "The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club" and "Going Downtown," all my JFK-fan malarkey finally went to the dumpster for removal (my first political act was hanging door knockers for JFK in 1960 when I was in high school). It turns out that the guy who went tip-toeing through the tulips to Vietnam was JFK - in a fit of pique after he got tweaked by Krushchev at the Vienna Summit in 1961. He never had any plans to leave Vietnam, despite all the post-assassination fantasies from the cult members. LBJ's big mistake was keeping the New Frontiersmen - particularly Strange MacNamara and Rusk - in the cabinet. The "graduate of Southestern Texas State Teacher's College" as he liked to refer to himself, was intellectually cowed by the Harvard morons, who were the ones who dragged him into fruitless escalation after fruitless escalation - each of which he initially refused. And then they were careful to scrape all the Vietnam mud off JFK and slather it on LBJ. So far as I am concerned, the whole damn Kennedy family from Joe the Bootlegger and Wall Street Scammer on were and are a cancer on America.
Looking forward to reading Keith WheelockтАЩs recommended Dulles book. Starting on your books on Amazon. My father was a communications officer on the cruiser Helena spending time in the oil soaked waters of Kula Gulf.
Helena's career is well-covered in "Under The Southern Cross." That was an epic tale of survival.