You should know EVERYTHING about Kennedy!!!!! It is so imperative that a nation teaches it's children about their own history!!!

@Medcanuk

6 ай бұрын

Grow up

@vilebrequin6923

6 ай бұрын

​@autobot8909 what?

@davidz2690

5 ай бұрын

you can't learn everything

The US Government moved the location of the embassy because they wanted to buy the land on Grosvenor Sq where the previous US Embassy was built (and paid a very small rental) but the owner the Duke of Westminster didn't want to sell, although there is a story that he said he would sell if his family got some recompense for the estates they lost in the US following the revolution. When they heard the estates consisted of large parts of Maine, New York and Florida including Miami the talks stopped.

@nigelmcconnell1909

6 ай бұрын

So that's the difference between the Westminster system and the Duke of Westminster system

@nigelmcconnell1909

6 ай бұрын

So that's the difference between the Westminster system and the Duke of Westminster system

His work cleared the way for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Prior to President Kennedy taking action, many African Americans faced segregation in many states (particularly in the South). They were barred from voting, attending university, eating in the same restaurants as white people, had to ride the back of a bus and faced discrimination in the use of public facilities, housing, the arts and sport. One of his most famous actions in this regard was in September 1962 at the University of Mississippi where the Governor, Ross Barnett, refused to allow a black man, James Meredith, attend university as was his earned right (Governor Barnett personally blocked his way). President Kennedy sent in the National Guard to mow down Ross Barnett if he didn’t comply and ensure James Meredith entered the university.

Any crimes committed on that land does come under US laws but when the suspect is removed from that land they must be handed over to the UK police and extradition papers must be lodged or let the UK justice system take any action .

@monkeymox2544

6 ай бұрын

No, that is simply not true. The land is NOT 'US soil'. The land is owned by the US government, in the same way that any person or organisation can own land in the UK. If you look at the legislation - which is not particularly long - it reads: _The land described in the Schedule to this Act is hereby transferred and vested in the United States of America for an estate in fee simple absolute, to be held in perpetuity under the control and management of the Trustees of the Kennedy Memorial Fund for the use and enjoyment of the public in accordance with the said Trust Deed._ "In fee simple absolute" is simply the legal wording use to transfer a freeholding. You will find the same wording on all sorts of legal documents which transfer land ownership. It does not imply or create any transfer of sovereignty.

The cuban missile crises is not considered a loss for the USA. If anything its a victory for the USA as they were seen as negotiators of peace and stopping the threat of USSR nukes on their border. US nukes just moved to France or the UK (a short distance), while the USSR went all the way back to itself

@kevinkards

6 ай бұрын

It was Kennedy that was responsible for the Cuban missile crises

@riiidiculoso8697

6 ай бұрын

It was a victory for the whole world!

@robertcottam8824

6 ай бұрын

@@riiidiculoso8697 How so?

@riiidiculoso8697

6 ай бұрын

@@robertcottam8824 because the world was teetering on the edge of a full-blown nuclear war. We’ve never come so close. If John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev had not negotiated a peaceful resolution to the Cuban Missile Crisis - it could’ve been all over for humanity in 1962. In his brilliant Commencement Speech at American University in ‘63, Kennedy says, “...𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙨, 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨-𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣-𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩-𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙮 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚?” Unfortunately, I have little faith that the leaders of today have as much concern as he did - for those alive, let alone those yet to be born.

@melchiorvonsternberg844

6 ай бұрын

@@robertcottam8824 Because the planet was saved from gettin' grilled in the atomic fire...

I’m astonished that no one has ever told you about President Kennedy

the missile crisis was not a win for the soviets at all..

I was 11 when Kennedy was assassinated and can recall the shock at the time. I also remember the Cuban missile crisis and the sense of impending doom. However you cannot describe it as a defeat for the USA. Kennedy faced Kruschev down and had the Soviet missiles removed from Cuba. Removing the American missiles from Turkey was just a sop to Kruschev, allowing him to save some face. The Turkish missiles were not of great strategic significance as the US had missiles in Europe that could easily strike Russia.

i was only 7 when kennedy was murdered but ive watched many videos of him he was a great man something sadly the world lacks today

@eddieboy4667

6 ай бұрын

Me too. My dad died that same week aged 44.

@brigidsingleton1596

6 ай бұрын

​​@@eddieboy4667 I'm sorry for your loss.😢 I was 10yrs old when Kennedy was killed...but I remember how shocked my Mum was, and watching videos about him since, I feel if he had not been killed, he would've prevented the USA from descending into the mess it is today, the minimal people's rights etc... The people deserve so much better, in general, that they currently receive. Their tax system's a mess, their views and education's are too inward looking, their knowledge of the world at large is pitiful in too many places and their politics are skewed - like they are here, admittedly - to gear towards the rich and screw the poor, (Imho...such as it is!!)😢

I dunno mate, my opinion is if Russia removes nuclear missiles from the US border and the US removes nuclear missiles from the Russian border: both the Russian people and the American people have both won?

@estranhokonsta

6 ай бұрын

Exactly. The agreement that came out of the crisis is the real win. And not only for the countries directly involved.

Never apologise if watching promotes in you more questions . Curiousity is the rockbed of intelligence.

@pathopewell1814

6 ай бұрын

I agree, up to a point, however I would have thought that President Kennedy would have been taught primarily in American history. It was well known in Britain, for instance, where we were 'when Kennedy was shot'. You are embarrassing yourself by this total lack of your American history. Try learning our British history in school, history reaching way way back! Not so simple.

@gillcawthorn7572

6 ай бұрын

@@pathopewell1814That`s rather unkind, ,anyone at any age can ask questions and all of us probably have gaps where formal education didn`t sink in .I learned more AFTER school in my lifetime, my grammar school days seemed filled with trying to catch up on adolescent muddle. If an event of worldwide interest happens whilst one is adult, it sinks in .I don`t think McJibbin is old enough and at US schools I doubt if the JFK garden is ever mentioned

@pathopewell1814

6 ай бұрын

I was in my seventies when I studied and passed my BAhons and Masters degrees. Curiosity is a wonderful thing all your life. The pointcI was making was that American schools ought to be teaching important historical events, and I feel regret for all Americans who were denied this.

@gillcawthorn7572

6 ай бұрын

@@pathopewell1814 I only know about American education from comments on here and I agree ,it does seem there is a lot missing .

Kennedy wasn't at fault with Vietnam. He died a year before the US fully started war efforts there. Johnson, Nixon and Ford were the presidents during the US-Vietnam war. When Kennedy was president, the Vietnam conflict was mostly between the Vietnamese themselves (and the French at first)

One of the Kennedy family is buried on or near the Chatsworth House Estate in the Derbyshire Peak District National Park, near to where I live. I believe it's Cathleen. JFK used to visit, and I believe several other family members have.

@dronezone-media

6 ай бұрын

You are correct. I live up the road and have produced a short video on the subject. kzread.info/dash/bejne/npZ-j9t9n73IpMY.html

@pathopewell1814

6 ай бұрын

She was married to the Duke of Devonshire's sons, they were both killed in an aircraft.

@pathopewell1814

6 ай бұрын

I am amazed that an American admitted he does not know much about the Kennedy family. Why don't you read their autobiographies?

@johnslater2868

6 ай бұрын

@@pathopewell1814 she and earl Fitzwilliam her lover died in the plane crash

@enkiofsumer8374

6 ай бұрын

Yes it was her lover. I believe they crashed over France. Her mother disowned her for marrying outside of the Catholic church. I think it's St. Peter's church in Edensor where she's buried. Overlooking the Chatsworth estate. It's just a normal grave and headstone, with another memorial stone in front of it, dedicated to JFK visiting the grave of his sister (Kathleen) in July of 1963, just months before his assassination. RFK visited too.

Connor, the four president involved in Vietnam, Eisenhower first ,JFK next, then Johnson escalated and Nixon finished the Vietnam war.................

Lord Denning must have had a rather quick wit / sharp intellect. I understand he achieved a first in Law at Oxford whilst at the same time receiving a first in maths. WTF ?

@corringhamdepot4434

6 ай бұрын

Lord Denning was famous for his decisions that extended laws way beyond their original intentions.

It is sad that the world can recognize greatness but American are so divided that they only look for faults in men based on their political affiliation.

Kennedy had a previous connection to the UK, he was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. The Vietnam problem was inherited from the previous administration, and was made more difficult by the actions of the CIA, as were the problems in cuba and central America by the way. I think that had President Kennedy lived the Vietnam war would never have taken place, the situation was accelerated by the CIA and delivered by the administration of Lyndon Johnson.

@karenblackadder1183

6 ай бұрын

Kennedy had been fooled once by the likes of, I believe, the FBI, over the Bay of Pigs disaster. He was not going to trust them, CIA or military chiefs over the Cuban Missile Crisis. The whole world was on a knife edge of nuclear war. JFK and Bobby were the only voices of sanity in the White House. They held firm - and the Russian ships turned away from Cuba and a world could breathe once more.. When he was so brutally assassinated, an entire world wept. I cannot believe the appalling level of education in the US if you weren't taught about probably your greatest ever President.

It always annoys me how many people get this wrong. The land is NOT 'US soil'. The land is owned by the US government, in the same way that any person or organisation can own land in the UK. If you look at the legislation - which is not particularly long - it reads: _The land described in the Schedule to this Act is hereby transferred and vested in the United States of America for an estate in fee simple absolute, to be held in perpetuity under the control and management of the Trustees of the Kennedy Memorial Fund for the use and enjoyment of the public in accordance with the said Trust Deed._ "In fee simple absolute" is simply the legal wording used to transfer a freeholding. You will find the same wording on all sorts of legal documents which transfer land ownership. It does not imply or create any transfer of sovereignty. The land itself is still British soil, subject to British law. There is nothing in the legislation which transfers sovereignty over the land to the USA.

I’ve visited this acre of ground and the monument it’s near to the RAF war memorial at Runnymede a very pleasant walk and symbolic of a great man with vision as with Bobby. The mob were scared of the planned reforms intended to destroy organised crime which is ironic as Joseph P Kennedy Sr had had connections himself with controversial manoeuvring. The Cuban missile crisis was a success because the Russians blinked first and thigh it led to a climb down internationally the Soviets ended up more on the back foot of world opinion.

Cuban missile crisis was not a USA loss. You need your learn more

One could assume that in the very unlikely event there was a crime at that particular spot then there would be conversations between America and the U.K. as to how best to handle the crime it could even be a joint enquiry .

You really need to research things objectively. The Cuban missile crisis was a victory for peace against the USSR, one of the theories about why he was assassinated was that he was looking to withdraw from Vietnam before the war even started. The US educational system sucks and as a result mistakes are not learned from and risk happening again, same for the UK educational system in recent years too I concede as a British person…..

I don't remember much about him, as I was only 8 at the time, but I do remember TV about him and his brother. Never knew there was a memoria inl Runnymede for him. My parents always told me he saved the world though, with the Cuban missile crisis. Lease lend for RAF bases I knew about and the embassies in any country are not freehold. We will take Runnymede as it is not English speaking territory! Now where is our bit of America?

The missiles in Turkey were obsolete, America withdrew them because they were going to replace them anyway, the soviets did not know this.

That Julian Assange escaped to the Ecuadorian embassy for ages and the old bill could only stand outside and wait for something to happen.

@nbartlett6538

6 ай бұрын

This is true, but not because they lack jurisdiction. If our bobbies forced their way into the Ecuador embassy, then next week the Chinese police would raid the UK embassy in Beijing.

Basically Connor, (to quote: *Monty Python's Flying Circus*) ...regarding your question on "commiting a crime in US territory at Runnymede"?! ... Or regarding "conspiracy theories" on JFK's assassination...?! 🇺🇸... ... ... ... ... "You're just a very naughty boy!!"😮😅😂 🥺🤔😊♥️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🙂🇬🇧🖖

Fall is actually old English for the season that between summer and winter. Autumn is French word that replaced Fall several hundreds of years ago. So, hats off to the US for retaing the word that actually describes what happens during that season the leaves FALL from the tree.

I like your stuff, but you should take some history courses.

@Ayns.L14A

6 ай бұрын

believe it or not he has a degree.........in history..............mind you, it is from an american college,,,soo..........

@pathopewell1814

6 ай бұрын

​@@Ayns.L14A that is an understatement!

@pathopewell1814

6 ай бұрын

​@@Ayns.L14AI cannot believe it! American education is, to put it mildly is somewhat lacking to say the least!

Hello i have a question for you. I was watching a video where it was mentioned that most US places within the UK actually remain territory of the UK including military bases and embassies etc. It was said that the 1 exception was a piece of England that was gifted to the US forever, the The JFK Memorial. The person reacting to that video asked a very good question, if someone committed a crime there would they be subject to US law or UK law, or even a mixture of both? ChatGPT The JFK Memorial at Runnymede, dedicated to President John F. Kennedy, is indeed a unique site in the UK. While the land on which the memorial stands was given to the United States in perpetuity, it remains under British sovereignty. If a crime were to be committed at the JFK Memorial, the jurisdiction would fall under UK law. Despite the land being gifted to the US, it is not considered US territory in a legal or sovereign sense. Thus, UK law enforcement agencies would have the authority to investigate and prosecute any criminal activities occurring there. The memorial does not enjoy the same status as an embassy or consulate, which are granted certain extraterritorial privileges. In summary, any crime committed at the JFK Memorial in Runnymede would be subject to UK law, with UK police and judicial systems handling the case.

Really good question about if a crime is committed on the memorial grounds! We need to ask our uk Black belt barrister.

His sister also Married into the Cavendish Family .The Duke of Devonshire. Their Stately home is Chatsworth House in Devonshire England.

Here’s a 9 minute video explaining how important Kennedy was to end the Cuban Missile Crisis which could have resulted in nuclear war with the Soviet Union: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dIZl05uGgtqulLQ.htmlsi=LrL88Pq0ZrZuP5Fn

I remember the day we in the UK learned of JFK's assassination. We were sent home from school. My father was both sad and angry and my mother was heartbroken crying her eyes out. Then my sister walked in and she was crying, too.The streets were empty and eerily silent. JFK was much loved in the UK.

Freedom of information 60 years ago ahead of time

Re: Embassies. Embassies are weird, when a country decides to no longer respect a certain embassy it is like dominoes falling. First several other countries remove their embassies, then they remove the countries embassies from their countries, and so on. I told you it was weird, but basically, in laymans terms, it causes a real mess that takes forever to clean up. I think what happened between Turkey revealing what they knew Saudi had done its embassy was revealing, when Turkey released an audio recording of someone being murdered in the Saudi embassy. You can do what you want in an embassy, but you will be under so much surveillance that none of it will be done in secret.

American here Glad you are learning but i wonder how our young people dont know about Kennedy but also at least most of our presidents?

"Where's the Rhode Island step?" It'll be the smallest one :)

Re Vietnam...12 days before his murder Kennedy signed National Security Action Memorandum Number 263 which committed the US to pulling 1000 miltary personnel out of Vietnam, with the aim to cease involvement by 1965. LBJ reversed this when he took office and the conflict dragged on into the early 1970s with an horrendous consequential loss of life. You should learn more about your best President. When you compare him with No.45 well.....well, there is no comparison. As for minimising JFK 's masterly role in the Cuban Missile Crisis...! The world held its breath in 1962 and were it not for his and Bobby's cool heads among the likes of the hawkish Chiefs of the General Staff, we could well have faced nuclear oblivion.

It is American soil so Federal Laws would apply although no doubt some diplomatic niceties would be actuated. JFK was a great President in the days when American Presidents were generally great men, not without flaws of course, but great men nonetheless. It has been a steady trek downhill since him

@dereknewbury163

6 ай бұрын

@@rebeccat94 Well of course one would have to define "better" and then let debate rage. I am British and not an historian so just going on personal impressions but Presidents such as JFK, Eisenhauer, and Roosevelt appear to have some vision of the ideal which they were able to articulate. Contrast their speeches with those of any of the present GOP candidates or indeed those of Biden, Harris et al. At best their vision of a better world appears rooted in money at best or wishes for fascistic simplicity at worst. Do any of them engage with pressing national or international concerns in a way which gives us hope for the future? Absolutely not in my opinion

@monkeymox2544

6 ай бұрын

It is not American soil. Why are so many people so willing to accept this bizarre myth? It is British sovereign territory, owned by the USA, in the same way that any person or organisation can own land in the UK. British law applies there. Read the legislation, it will take you five minutes. It says nothing about a transfer of sovereignty. The text reads: _"The land described in the Schedule to this Act is hereby transferred and vested in the United States of America for an estate in fee simple absolute, to be held in perpetuity under the control and management of the Trustees of the Kennedy Memorial Fund for the use and enjoyment of the public in accordance with the said Trust Deed."_ "An estate in fee simple absolute" is just the wording used to transfer a freeholding. If I bought a freehold, it wouldn't mean that sovereignty over it had been ceded to me. The Wikipedia page reads "The area of ground on which the memorial is situated was given as a gift to the United States by the people of the United Kingdom, though the area remains under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom." The reference for this statement is for a scholarly law review article, which reads: _"a more interesting question relates to the effect of those words in the Act which, it has been suggested, might cede the site to the United States of America and thus divest the British Crown of sovereignty over it, thereby creating an enclave of a unique type. A closer examination of the Act shows, however, that it cannot bear such an interpretation as the totality of language used has the effect of transferring to the trustees an interest taking effect under English law - the land is transferred by section 1 "for an estate in fee simple absolute." Section 2 goes further in giving the trustees "all such rights and powers . . . as if they were owners of the estate " vested in the United States. Indeed, the only connection between the site and the United States would appear to be the three American trustees of the fund."_ I have found no legal opinion given either in the USA or the UK which concludes that the land is American territory. The Act itself says nothing about transferring sovereignty, and the purpose of the act is clearly stated as transferring ownership, not sovereignty. So can people please stop spreading this nonsense.

You think the USA taking its missiles from Turkey and the USSR taking theirs from Cuba was a win for Russia? Just imagine the missiles being in Cuba…….maybe a little investigation and consideration.

Am 68 now and I remember the news every night the Vietnam war I was the same age as many of them young men and the shit they got nanana 19 to all you Vietnam vets you boys had it hard

I must admit that I don't understand the worship of JFK, but his brother Bobby was a truly exceptional man

That is the most intelligent question. Under whose law would it be tried. Superb.

@estranhokonsta

6 ай бұрын

That is what you think is the most intelligent question? Lol.

There's nothing more unifying than a 'what could have been?' scenario, since reality is so boring and grim, people often romanticize the alternative. Strange fact - Dr Who was first broadcast in the UK the day after JFK's assassination. TV schedules were delayed and there's a chance it could have ended before it even began. They decided to repeat the first episode again the following week and it was seen as a form of escapism to lift people's mood. If it had flopped it obviously wouldn't be on today.

It's not actually true. It was gifted to the USA, but like a house or a field could be owned. It's still under UK law.

I have been to see it twice.. although American soil the site is maintained and controlled by English Heritage

@monkeymox2544

6 ай бұрын

It is not 'American soil', that is is myth. The land is a freehold, owned by the US government, but it is still British sovereign territory. The US government could buy a house in the UK if it wanted, and buy the freehold for the land, but it wouldn't become American territory. It would be British territory, owned by the American government. The legislation which gave the land to the US reads _"The land described in the Schedule to this Act is hereby transferred and vested in the United States of America for an estate in fee simple absolute"_ - that is the same wording you will find on many legal land transfers in the UK. It doesn't cede sovereignty in any way whatsoever.

I also grew up near RAF Mildenhall and Lakenheath. It would be common for US servicemen and their families to move over here, when I was a kid I had a few American friends as a result of this, but sadly they usually left after a few years.

@PiousMoltar

6 ай бұрын

I'm also very used to the sound of American fighter jets. In fact I find the sound somehow relaxing. I guess because I grew up with it.

Please take a proper history course, with research which does not include Google or Wikipedia. Read,read,read.😮

You need to not only get the historical facts here, but also need to understand the wider political and social context in which this was happening, which is not easy in our instant consumerist Kardashian celebrity social media world we now live in. Probably as hard as trying to understand what an ordinary person in Rome was feeling about life...and in regard to how he died, I don't believe he died by a single assassin's hand, and almost certainly not by Lee Harvey Oswald...maybe one day we will know. JFK was a complicated guy who couldn't keep it in his trousers (pants) and annoyed an awful lot of different people/groups.

@annaharrow6161

2 ай бұрын

The mob

Might pop out next weekend and invade the US.😅

Maybe it was a success for Turkey because they hadn‘t have to have missiles on their soil.

This one has done the rounds of the american reactors.

I would look into Robert Kennedy. In my view he would have been your greatest President 🇬🇧

I was interested in your statements, and match your sentiments about his politics. However, in democracies, (or anywhere else for that matter), no one should be assassinated just because you don't agree with them, he should have had his time in office to prove that he was worthy of the accolades, he received (in death), as a President. Had he failed, he could have been voted out. On a human level, there are many less than flattering things said about his private life, although he seemed to be a loving father. Loyalty issues to is wife were something that only he and she could work through, given the time. It is all very interesting, and complex, his father was no fan of Britain and was at pains to say so. I am content to see the memorial there, especially from the wider context of friendship and democracy, I don't have a very strong view about the man as I was too young to fully understand everything at the time, I just know that the killing was wrong, and hopefully the memorial will serve to remind us of that.

you are right about JFK. Had he played out his term, he would not be regarded in such high terms.

Derbyshire. Not Devonshire. DERBYSHIRE. Sorry .

Only now do they say thanks for your service as someone that war didnt effect can i say thabk you hod blrss the USA

The aqueduct

FFS, forest 😔

I think we know more about your history in the UK than you do

Come on Connor drop the conspiracy - this is land gifted to the US - there is no ‘if’ about it. 😉

Quite frankly, Britain should not have gifted as much as a square inch of land to the US.

Another American area is menwith hill in North Yorkshire American dollars and American military police

@Derek_S

6 ай бұрын

That applies to all the USAF bases and all the other military intelligence bases run by the US government but they are only leased from the UK.

And since you know about the Cuba crisis isn't it legittimate to think that decision cost him his life? no suspicions? And you think having nuclear missiles in Cuba wasn't a big thing?

Hi Connor you should watch a video of the Irish military performing military honors at J.F.K funeral.

@vilebrequin6923

6 ай бұрын

And the Black Watch pipers at the White House performing in the grounds just a few days before he was killed. Jackie specifically requested they performed at his state funeral on 25.11.63.

If it is American soil or sovereign territory, could one go in there and then claim asylum? Don’t tell the Tories……….they might start sending migrants there! 😳

@nbartlett6538

6 ай бұрын

Also a person born there would automatically be a US citizen.

The Kennedy's have a very interesting history ....bootlegging, infidelity, imprisonment, murder and politics.......

@pathopewell1814

6 ай бұрын

Large Irish family. Many 'affairs' with the likes of Marilyn Monroe! I would have thought all Americans would have heard J F K's famous speeches.

No idea why there's a memorial to jfk. He didn't nothing but almost have the western world nuked. Just what did he do for us?

@chsh1

6 ай бұрын

Without getting into the specific debate, it was way before I was even born, after talking to people like my old man this happened in the 60s a time of peace and love. Listen to his speeches, smoke a peace pipe and wear a daisy chain on your head and maybe you will think different, who knows. 😊

@Gambit771

6 ай бұрын

@@chsh1 So why is there a memorial to him? Just what did he do for the UK. Saying nice words does mean you deserve a memorial in a foreign country, especially when you almost destroyed the world.

@davidrenton

6 ай бұрын

i agree a weak president, style over substance, me i'm a tricky dicky fan myself, in a way did far more for world peace. Grossely underrated, but did'nt have the image. JFK in a way is to blame for superficial politicans with no substance , what we have now is because people like JFK set that template

@chsh1

6 ай бұрын

@@Gambit771 I just think it was the time he was around, people loved his sentiment, it resonated with people round the world. If my Dad was still alive I would ask him why he held JFK and Elvis for that matter in such high regard. I genuinely think people were bricking it when they saw Nukes on those boats going into Cuba and USA would or could easily start a Nuclear war if another person was in the Oval office. Like I said it was before my time.

@karenblackadder1183

6 ай бұрын

Then I suggest yourself and the 4 who replied to you actually learn some history.