Friday, 1 March 2013
JFK Secret Societies Speech is Actually about the Threat of Communism and Censorship versus a Free Society and Responsible Press
JFK was actually talking about current events of the cold war and how nontraditional enemies were gaining information on how the US was battling this war. In this speech JFK actually points out "the need for far greater "official" secrecy"...as well as "the need for a far greater public information". -- JFK admits "I have no easy answer to the dilemma that I have posed," but also states, "and would not seek to impose it if I had one." This a major difference from where todays elected officials stand.
Keep in mind that this speech (April 27th, 1961) was made a week after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion (April 17th-19th) and at a time when the US was assisting the South Vietnamese Government against Viet Cong insurgency actions.
The address is an appeal for responsible co-operation between the Press and the Government, that fair criticism is warranted while recognising a need to withhold information that can aid the Communists. He is helping re-enforce the message that despite the failure in Cuba, the US is still seriously engaged in the Cold War against the Soviets, that unconventional and non-military threats of many kinds abound.
JFK's appeal for an open, responsible and critical press is still a great message for the people of today, especially considering the War on Terror - a conflict that was started by the false flag attacks carried out on September 11, 2001.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, March 1st, 2013.]
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spook,
I think JFK promoted the idea that there was a vast communist conspiracy to take the world from us either hook or crook and that this idea has since justified all the crimes of the cold war and our current war on terrorism.
Rather than acknowledge that there will be disagreements about who should control and profit from the world's resources, or from its markets, and that in those disputes, there would be overt and covert conflicts, he suggested that it all rightfully belonged to us and the commies were trying to take it from us like thieves in the night.
I like JFK as a President, but, the "vast conspiracy" argument has done us grievous harm.
It is a red herring. When we should be more open not only about what is going on in the world, but also about what we are doing as a country to deal with the world's goings on, we are instead invited to be careful about what we say. We are cautioned to not reveal what we are doing or thinking in the world because it might give an advantage to our enemies. When we should have been confident that our openness about our activities was our strength, we instead became covert and secretive so that we could hide from others but also from ourselves the facts about our motives and plans. The fact that we sneak around in the night in order to do whatever we think is a fact that shows we have something to hide. Nothing good can come from the sneakiness, so my grandmother would tell me.
It's an important speech to gain insight into how the country went off the tracks.
s.
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