Reply #37: For a supposed "Cold Warrior", JFK sure had a different approach... [View All]

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Try reading NSAM 263 that JFK signed on October 11, 1963. It authorized the withdrawal of the first 1,000 troops from Vietnam by the end of 1963. He also stated that the war was South Vietnam's war to win.

<http://www.jfklancer.com/NSAM263.html>

Then read NSAM 273 signed by LBJ on November 26, 1963. That NSAM significantly escalated U.S. participation in the war. It's more than a little interesting that it was signed only four days after JFK's death.

<http://www.jfklancer.com/NSAM273.html>

JFK successfully resisted the efforts of the military/CIA to get the U.S, involved in Laos as a broader escalation of the use of U.S. advisors in Southeast Asia.

Additionally, JFK was attempting in the last days of his life to thaw out the relationship between Cuba and the U.S. He was definitely bucking the Cold War establishment on that.

His experience with the Cuban Missile Crisis also helped him to understand that the brinksmanship of the Cold War was not the way to go.

RFK was JFK's closest advisor...I doubt if anyone would ever typify him as a Cold Warrior.