Comments on: Oscar Noms for The Most Dangerous Man in America; Indie Lens Host Maggie Gyllenhaal http://beyondthebox.org/oscar-noms-for-the-most-dangerous-man-in-america-indie-lens-host-maggie-gyllenhaal/ Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:16:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jmurph http://beyondthebox.org/oscar-noms-for-the-most-dangerous-man-in-america-indie-lens-host-maggie-gyllenhaal/comment-page-1/#comment-424 jmurph Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:49:12 +0000 http://beyondthebox.org/?p=7785#comment-424 Saw the doc. It missed the point. Due to either the irresponsibility of the filmmakers or just lack of knowledge, it implemented all four presidents in the escalation of this horrible money-making war. When Kennedy finally understood he was being lied to by the Joint Chiefs, he fully intended to pull all troops and advisors out of Vietnam. On Oct. 11, 1963 he issued National Security Memorandum 263, making official government policy the withdrawal from Vietnam of "1000 U.S. military personnel by end of 1963 and by the end of 1965, the bulk of US personnel. <br><br>The Military Industrial Complex is bigger than all presidents. Eisenhower warned us of it, Kennedy got it, and was going to pull all troops out .. and escalate peace, but instead he was killed for it. Yes, LBJ and Nixon were a part of the machine and the courageous Daniel Ellsberg, helped to stop it.<br><br>So in part, the film was good re: Ellsberg, but missing the fact that Vietnam would not even be in our psyche had Kennedy been spared, was missing the larger picture. Saw the doc. It missed the point. Due to either the irresponsibility of the filmmakers or just lack of knowledge, it implemented all four presidents in the escalation of this horrible money-making war. When Kennedy finally understood he was being lied to by the Joint Chiefs, he fully intended to pull all troops and advisors out of Vietnam. On Oct. 11, 1963 he issued National Security Memorandum 263, making official government policy the withdrawal from Vietnam of “1000 U.S. military personnel by end of 1963 and by the end of 1965, the bulk of US personnel.

The Military Industrial Complex is bigger than all presidents. Eisenhower warned us of it, Kennedy got it, and was going to pull all troops out .. and escalate peace, but instead he was killed for it. Yes, LBJ and Nixon were a part of the machine and the courageous Daniel Ellsberg, helped to stop it.

So in part, the film was good re: Ellsberg, but missing the fact that Vietnam would not even be in our psyche had Kennedy been spared, was missing the larger picture.

]]> By: jmurph http://beyondthebox.org/oscar-noms-for-the-most-dangerous-man-in-america-indie-lens-host-maggie-gyllenhaal/comment-page-1/#comment-334 jmurph Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:49:12 +0000 http://beyondthebox.org/?p=7785#comment-334 Saw the doc. It missed the point. Due to either the irresponsibility of the filmmakers or just lack of knowledge, it implemented all four presidents in the escalation of this horrible money-making war. When Kennedy finally understood he was being lied to by the Joint Chiefs, he fully intended to pull all troops and advisors out of Vietnam. On Oct. 11, 1963 he issued National Security Memorandum 263, making official government policy the withdrawal from Vietnam of "1000 U.S. military personnel by end of 1963 and by the end of 1965, the bulk of US personnel. <br><br>The Military Industrial Complex is bigger than all presidents. Eisenhower warned us of it, Kennedy got it, and was going to pull all troops out .. and escalate peace, but instead he was killed for it. Yes, LBJ and Nixon were a part of the machine and the courageous Daniel Ellsberg, helped to stop it.<br><br>So in part, the film was good re: Ellsberg, but missing the fact that Vietnam would not even be in our psyche had Kennedy been spared, was missing the larger picture. Saw the doc. It missed the point. Due to either the irresponsibility of the filmmakers or just lack of knowledge, it implemented all four presidents in the escalation of this horrible money-making war. When Kennedy finally understood he was being lied to by the Joint Chiefs, he fully intended to pull all troops and advisors out of Vietnam. On Oct. 11, 1963 he issued National Security Memorandum 263, making official government policy the withdrawal from Vietnam of “1000 U.S. military personnel by end of 1963 and by the end of 1965, the bulk of US personnel.

The Military Industrial Complex is bigger than all presidents. Eisenhower warned us of it, Kennedy got it, and was going to pull all troops out .. and escalate peace, but instead he was killed for it. Yes, LBJ and Nixon were a part of the machine and the courageous Daniel Ellsberg, helped to stop it.

So in part, the film was good re: Ellsberg, but missing the fact that Vietnam would not even be in our psyche had Kennedy been spared, was missing the larger picture.

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