The real problem with this argument is that JFK wasn’t a hardline Cold Warriorhttps://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1360324199072624643 …
Away from massive retaliation meant much greater involvement in small wars and counterinsurgency (which happened). This is from Thomas G. Paterson's Kennedy's Quest for Victory (Oxford, 1989).
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Well the thing is, they were all hardline Cold Warriors, just in different ways. The question is if the differences in approach were big enough to cause conflict, turf war, or worse in Washington
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And isn't it also possible that it was a CIA-asset-gone-rouge kinda thing? The Cuban exiles recruited by the CIA who were pissed about his not going all-in on Bay of Pigs and refusing to authorize Bay of Pigs Deux?
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Well that’s misleading. JFK supported aiding anti-Communist groups. It’s far from clear that he supported the use of direct US military force. He didn’t support in Laos and appeared skeptical on Vietnam
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