Robert F. Kennedy on the Vietnam War, 1965: CBC Archives | CBC

Robert F. Kennedy reflects on whether there's any way to stop the war in Vietnam. This interview was originally broadcast on CBC's 'This Hour has Seven Days' in December of 1965. For more classic clips, go to www.cbc.ca/archives
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  • @siddharthmanumusic
    @siddharthmanumusic4 жыл бұрын

    In this video he looks like he is still grieving and lacking his fighting spirit. After this he emerged so strong!

  • @lukelichtenthal5407
    @lukelichtenthal54075 жыл бұрын

    Happy belated birthday RFK.

  • @josephgeorge7385
    @josephgeorge738510 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for posting please put up the rest of this interview if u have it

  • @terrihenricks4160
    @terrihenricks41607 жыл бұрын

    Those who say LBJ was just continuing JFK's policies in Vietnam can find support for that view in this interview. RFK certainly did not sound vigorously opposed to LBJ's escalation of the war in 1965. It was only when things started going poorly that he broke with LBJ on the war.

  • @rockyracoon3233

    @rockyracoon3233

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nor did he oppose LBJ sending in marines on March 8, 1965. If JFK had been so against that wouldn't RFK or even Ted Kennedy voice opposition on the senate floor when combat troops were introduced?

  • @jamesanthony5681

    @jamesanthony5681

    4 жыл бұрын

    LBJ's escalation in 1965 was in fact the 2nd major escalation of military involvement in Vietnam; the 1st escalation occurred under JFK. When JFK came to power there were The Kennedys and their advisors saw Vietnam in cold war terms, and the memory of the fall of China to Mao was still very fresh on their minds.

  • @jaredmclaren5571

    @jaredmclaren5571

    2 жыл бұрын

    Theres videos of him saying as late as march 1968 that he wasnt in favor of ending the draft and that, while he was in favor of de-escalation, he thought we shouldnt withdraw completely until the war is won and we need to keep troops there to protect larger cities. The idea that he was going to "save us" from Vietnam is indeed a myth

  • @samstan4462

    @samstan4462

    Жыл бұрын

    That's not true...JFK was likely killed because he would not escalate this nonsense war...In a Sept 63 interview with Cronkite he stated it was their fight...he said we could help, but it was their war...he also reiterated this in a Nov press conference just before he died. Johnson was just a piece of garbage who sent tens of thousands of men to an early grave...and for what? True Bobby seemed to take more of a "let's see what happens" approach until he saw just how useless the war became.

  • @vestibulate
    @vestibulate4 жыл бұрын

    Whatever else you could say about Kennedy's response, it's anything but a whole-hearted endorsement of the war. You can sense his unease in this clip.

  • @jamesanthony5681

    @jamesanthony5681

    4 жыл бұрын

    Of course there is unease. Brother Jack got them into Vietnam, with approx. 16,000+ military when he was assassinated (up from < 500 when he took office), and RFK could neither run nor hide from that fact.

  • @corneliakoller1914
    @corneliakoller191421 күн бұрын

    Conversations are important

  • @heinkle1
    @heinkle112 жыл бұрын

    He was only 40 but looks aged

  • @cocotaveras8975

    @cocotaveras8975

    4 жыл бұрын

    Heinkle He went through a lot obviously.

  • @barbsparks9119

    @barbsparks9119

    Жыл бұрын

    He was still grieving for his brother and it took a toll on him.

  • @jonathan.m87

    @jonathan.m87

    20 күн бұрын

    Camera adds 10 years

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet Жыл бұрын

    Bobby's right ..."It's not that easy," to end a war ...two sides in every conflict

  • @whatsittoyou7199
    @whatsittoyou71994 жыл бұрын

    Although I loved RFK, the truth of the matter is that he was, until the end, a bit of a coward on Vietnam

  • @pennyjohnson6095
    @pennyjohnson6095 Жыл бұрын

    So very very sad what happened to him🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @corneliakoller1914
    @corneliakoller191421 күн бұрын

  • @sergemarieemilie4707
    @sergemarieemilie47075 жыл бұрын

    50 anni fa ..! Oggi sarebbe stato un grande presidente?

  • @davidviton1065
    @davidviton1065 Жыл бұрын

    Well Bobby always felt it was his fault that John got murdered

  • @pennyjohnson6095
    @pennyjohnson6095 Жыл бұрын

    As everyone hides people know these answers🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @Brian-zp1df
    @Brian-zp1df12 күн бұрын

    Bobby K '28

  • @larry1824
    @larry1824 Жыл бұрын

    If hed lived the Wall in DC might be smaller😢😢😢😢😢😮

  • @jerrymarnon41
    @jerrymarnon413 ай бұрын

    RFK JR. POTUS 24/28❤❤ TULSI VP❤❤BOBBY K. ALL THE WAY❤❤

  • @emerald1one1
    @emerald1one112 жыл бұрын

    if had way .

  • @ishmaelm1932
    @ishmaelm19323 жыл бұрын

    The Kennedy's were extremely anticommunist. Like his big bro, he was really confused on the Vietnam situation. It's definitely a simple decision. Let Vietnam go and focus on the other nations in southeast Asia. The French really fumbled Vietnam but they themselves knew it was a lost cause. Had America focused more on Cambodia, laos, Indonesia and Malaysia, then Vietnam Would be just been scraps for the Soviets. Thousand of young soldiers death later, here we are....decades later realizing the entire war was uneccesary.

  • @chuithrowaway2864
    @chuithrowaway28642 жыл бұрын

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