JFK-peace and war

John F. Kennedy's lucid warning to generations in the crosshairs of nuclear weapons. Contains excerpts from his American University Speech, June 10, 1963. The boatswain's whistle at the beginning signals "all hands on deck". Visualmyth copyright 2007 Patrick Burke. Produced by Creative Funnel.

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[dudethehampster]

If he ran today, I'd vote for him.

[gunner23]

what wise words.where has the wisdom gone?

[TheMoss811884]

"forgive your emenies, but never forget there names" 35th presdent Jhon F. Kennedy

[gremlinjet]

But passing down knowledge and wisdom. Through math and science, faith in our fellows and a capability to look at ourselves as a functioning member of a new and perfected example of the earth sun and stars. For the first time in history a phenomenon of spontaneity awakens on the planet with celestial spirits and brain power unequaled. We can venture out into the cosmos and find our creator and ask WHY?

[0907oliv]

@ac998 I agree completely. After the Cuban Missile Crisis he should have won the Nobel Peace Prize. But even if they passed him up in that year, surely one year later he should have won the Nobel Peace Prize for this speech and the signing of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. But they gave the prize to Martin Luther King instead. I would have preferred that it go to JFK. MLK had a few more years left to win that prize. It should have gone to JFK in 1964.

[auther1046]

@pat442389 cia went behind JFKs back and tried to kill castro even after he and his brother ordered them not to.

The JFK ordered the CIA $150,000 open contract on Castro. Samuel Halpern, the CIA executive in charge (Task Force W) whose sole purpose was to assassinate Castro, wrote that JFK was obsessed about wanting Castro dead "for personal reasons because the family name was besmirched by the Bay of Pigs."

[thebludoc]

@GhostRecon756 Lincoln is considered to be a dictator because he suspended congress (cant TECHNICALLY do that, but he did). Lincoln was an awesome president but stop equating him to your values in the present. It was a different time and cannot even be equated to the present, and even if it was, he expanded the federal government (mandating freedom for slaves, reconstruction, suspending CONGRESS) and Jefferson? His political party was called the FEDERALIST party, you figure the rest out.

[pat442389]

@TOMP66666 cia also overthrew democratic leaders in argentina, iran and many other latin american countries so dont act like it was all kennedy's fault. the cia went behind JFKs back and tried to kill castro even after he and his brother ordered them not to. reagan is the rights hero right now but funded the taliban, let pakistan go nuclear, helped traffic in millions of pounds of cocaine and other narcotics, ran guns and other weapons to latin america and iran, he let big business take over gov

[GhostRecon756]

Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and John F. Kennedy, were the United State's REAL Presidents.. They tried to reduce governments power and increased, the people's power, The every-day American citizen. They also tried to destroy dangerous secret groups / societies. When is the next REAL American president?

[seth917]

@gunner23

Blame the educational system most importantly the Universities.

[assyrio78]

Yes he should have won the peace prize..however, Nixon, Cheney, Bush (in CIA at time) and all the money changers nicked him, MLK, RFK and all who do good....watch zeitgeist...

[ac998]

my god. this man should have won the nobel peace prize... not obama