Reply #31: President John F. Kennedy on Peace in the Middle East and Henry Kissinger

[Octafish]

By the golden crown of Rev Moon, I am ashamed to admit that I had not put the two together before, DrDebug.



So, World War I was more than a mere piling-on of Napoleanic hatreds after Sarajevo. For nations, check that -- for empires, controlling the black gold is, indeed, the Great Game.



Here's some forgotten history for you, my Friend. What President Kennedy said about Henry Kissinger and about peace in the oil-rich region:

President John F. Kennedy
Secret White House Recordings

One-hundred and two hours of President Kennedy White House recordings archived on CD-ROM. These recordings date from July 30, 1962 to November 7, 1963.

EXCERPT...

In a 4/27/63 meeting on the Middle East examines the situation in Jordan involving a possible coup and the reactions of the United Arab Republic (UAR) and Israel. President Kennedy is very concerned that the situation in the Middle East could escalate quickly. One of the President's advisors says to him: "Our real problem today in the Near East is that neither Israel nor the Arabs have any kind of plan to get themselves out of the box of active hostility." The White House is aware that certain moves by the United States may be interpreted by Middle East nations as being too pro-Israeli. President Kennedy says: "Our interest is not solely a concern of Israel but really a concern for their future that there's going to be a 90-day war and we assume that they don't really want that, we want it to be understood in advance that it's not just because of our concern about Israel. Our concern is mutual because the peril is mutual."

The subject of a Kennedy 1964 re-election campaign, which never took place, can be heard on the recordings. In these recordings, informal discussions provide listeners with the opportunity to hear President Kennedy discuss issues in a personal and relaxed setting, the sounds of the President's rocking chair rocking can be heard in the background. Adlai Stevenson, Ambassador to the U.N., and the President have an informal meeting on 4/22/63 to discuss numerous foreign policy issues, including Cuba as the leading 1964 campaign issue for the Republicans, highlighted in recent speeches by Richard Nixon. Nixon is also mentioned in the President's meeting with writer and editor Norman Cousins. In the meeting with Adlai Stevenson, the President refers to a recent Richard Nixon speech as "pure Nixon, he just runs so true to form that he really ought to be preserved." When Ambassador Stevenson asks whether Nixon is really a menace politically, the President responds: "No, he's no menace. But the lies. Cuba is obviously the issue." During the meeting with outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Germany Walter C. Dowling on 4/26/63, the President mentions Henry Kissinger's recent article in The Reporter on the Multilateral Force, commenting, "I think he's doing this stuff for Rockefeller." Nelson Rockefeller was considered to be a likely 1964 Republican candidate for president.

SOURCE...

http://www.paperlessarchives.com/jfk_tapes.html

Small world.



And very, very bad.

People like you, DrDebug, make it a good one. Thank you for giving a damn, my Friend.