THE DAY THEY MURDERED JFK

by M.C. Newberry

Wednesday 20th November 2013 10:07 pm

The day they murdered JFK

They took our hopes and dreams away

Ideology, power, greed,

Sowed the all-American seed.

Hating that world-famous face

Planning another in its place

Uncaring of the status quo

They muttered "He deserved to go".

Ruthless to ensure completion

Witnesses doomed to death's deletion

Those who plan a coup d'etat

Will carefully make sure of that.

Fifty years have passed us by

Since the world saw Camelot die

Those who murdered JFK

Stole our hopes and dreams away.

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Comments

Steve Higgins

Wed 27th Nov 2013 19:45

MC, here's something from a JFK newsletter I Get;
NSAM263;Getting out of Vietnam — On Oct. 11, 1963, Kennedy signed National Security Action Memorandum 263. This ordered a withdrawal of 1,000 troops out of roughly 16,000 Americans stationed in Vietnam by the end of 1963, with the complete withdrawal by the end of 1965.

NSAM 273: Mysterious timing — Signed on Nov. 26, 1963, this was the first National Security Action Memorandum on Vietnam under President Lyndon Johnson. NSAM 273 effectively overturned Kennedy's NSAM 263 and ordered the planning of increased activity in Vietnam. The memorandum also authorized open-ended covert operations against North Vietnam. This, in turn, led to the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which President Johnson used to obtain congressional authorization for a drastic escalation of the war. The draft of NSAM 273 was dated Nov. 21, 1963, the day before the assassination; however, Kennedy had not ordered its creation and did not see it. Newly sworn-in President Johnson signed 273 on Nov. 26, the day after Kennedy was buried.

As you know, this is a subject thats we could go on talking about forever. Interesting stuff though . .

M.C. Newberry

Wed 27th Nov 2013 17:00

Thanks for the comment Steve.
I always respect what JC has to say & wonder if
the "16000" advisers he has mentioned were, in
fact, the 16000 troops that were in Vietnam.
You are right. LBJ escalated the war. He had
a very strong connection with vested interests
and Eisenhower was probably using his own
experience as a top army general as well as president when he warned against the might of
the military/industrial complex in that hugely
wealthy but often corruptly administered country, with some states - like LBJ's Texas -
as big and rich as some foreign countries.

Steve Higgins

Tue 26th Nov 2013 19:56

Despite what John Coopey says JFK was about to withdraw his advisors from Vietnam. It was LBJ who escalated the conflict! Quite a few Kennedy poems on WOL and I've commented on Simon Austens 'Kennedy' so I won't go on and on here except to say, nice work MC,
Steve

John Coopey

Sun 24th Nov 2013 18:18

I don't suppose we'll ever know.
I do feel though that his assassination prevents history from evaluating how he would have conducted the Vietnam War (he had just committed 16000 "military advisers").

David Cooke

Sun 24th Nov 2013 13:43

I watched Oliver Stone's JFK the other night. I wonder when, if ever, the truth will be fully revealed and who the perpetrators really were.

<Deleted User> (10832)

Thu 21st Nov 2013 07:53

Neat execution here MC Newberry. I see you are a master of rhyme.

'Ideology, power, greed,
Sowed the all-American seed.'

The root of all evil. You've hit it on the head. If only we could get rid of them.

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