What important things did JFK do?
JFK, quite the charismatic breath of fresh air in an stodgy age of stuffy corruptive politics, sought to end Vietnam, lent political support to the Civil Rights movement by establishing the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, created the Peace Corps, challenged NASA to have an American land safely on the Moon and return to Earth, lent his political support for his Attorney General brother, RFK to battle organized crime and he stared down the steel eyed Communist aggressor, Russia, who were not only supplying Cuba with nuclear missiles—but were eager to launch them on the U.S. JFK had his turblent moments of trials and tribulations as well: His decision to sign Executive Orders to dissolve the CIA came when he realized he was outright lied to about the Bay Of Pigs effort to liberate Cuba. JFK found out a sweet cozy deal was set up between CIA and Mafia to take over Cuba–and open up a mega-franchise of casinos, brothels and drug trade pipelines.
I am a Democrat and detest what the neo-cons are doing to our country. But, in regards to JFK I didn’t really like him as a president. Personal Life: Anyways, he was Senator for Massachusetts and a WWII hero where he saved his fellow crew and ship in the South Pacific nation of Kiribati. He was honored with a purple heart and he also went to college in Harvard where he excelled in football more than schooling. He suffered a bad back and had to take a large amount of pain killers and antihistamines. He married Jackie Bouvier, but was a sex addict so he had numerous liasons with Marilyn Monroe and other prominent women of the time. It has been said he was a very sick man and suffered from STD’s too. Presidency: He acted on Eisenhower’s Bay of Pigs invasion. He trained Bolivian and ex-Cuban patriots to bring down Fidel Castro. Castro gave them an ultimatum to fly the aircrafts out of Cuban international waters or he would shoot them down. JFK didnt listen and it was an utter mess. Ill giv
