I can see that... it would be an easy mistake for anyone to make. Still, there are an awful lot of coincidences between what he said, what we see in fact taking place today, and that he was ultimately assassinated. Because of all that, I can't help but believe a lot of what he said.
That's amazing to me, that you were there to hear him and remember it. He's one politician I would have loved to listen to firsthand. He seemed to say a lot of very controversial things, like when he spoke out against religious involvement in politics and named the religious groups very specifically... he was either really dumb or very brave... I imagine the latter. So do you think in this case he was maybe a bit too paranoid, or just mistaken?
I'm not about to start chasing down every vocally supportive American I run into online to wag my finger in their face and make sure they're doing their part. Not meaning any disrespect... this thing is just difficult enough to deal with already, without running around like a paranoic the way I see some doing. I've seen groups of Americans putting in the effort to organize themselves in order to protest, and I've seen them showing up to help support us as our friends, and that's good enough for me. I thank them for any sincere effort.
What I'm trying to get at is 1) Exactly what this thing is that JFK was talking about; and 2) Whether this precise thing has continued to exist since JFK's time up to today. With the very elaborate way JFK was speaking, it sounds to me like it had to involve more than just the Soviets, and not like something that would have easily and suddenly died off. But I suspect you must be right, that the Soviets were and obviously are significantly involved still. Maybe I'm just asking an impossible question.
If he was talking about nothing more than the Soviet Union, why didn't he simply say 'we are opposed around the world by the Soviet Union'? Seems like a very complicated way of saying Soviet Union. And no, the schools I went to didn't teach about covert global conspiracies, the likes of which John F. Kennedy was clearly warning us against.
It's been super encouraging to have Americans consistently show up as our friends to voice their support. Otherwise, I'd probably be thinking the entire U.S. is against us.
It was mostly before my time, so I don't have that kind of insight. When I read it, it sounds to me a lot like what we see happening in the U.S. today.
He makes reference to it, but also speaks of some kind of opposition from "around the world" that was working on "expanding its sphere of influence". He also described this thing as operating in secret, not out in the open. Was Russia operating secretly? (I don't know much about the Cold War.)
Assuming he was telling the truth and he was right, it doesn't sound like something that would have disappeared from the world any time soon. Which then makes me wonder if what he was referring to has anything to do with what's happening today, cause there does seem to be a striking resemblance if we compare it to his description...?
I can see that... it would be an easy mistake for anyone to make. Still, there are an awful lot of coincidences between what he said, what we see in fact taking place today, and that he was ultimately assassinated. Because of all that, I can't help but believe a lot of what he said.