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Yes He Can
John Kennedy did. So the question is whether Barack Obama is � ���"no Jack Kennedy,� �� � or whether he will summon the courage to stand up to the misguided military brass of today. We are talking, after all, about thousands more being killed� ��"and for what?
I would suggest to the President that he give another close read to Goldstein's � ���"Lessons in Disaster� �� � and then ponder the lessons that leap out of Barbara Tuchman's The March to Folly: From Troy to Vietnam.
Obama may also wish to ponder the words of W.E.B. Dubois:
� ���"Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year. It is today that we fit ourselves for the greater usefulness of tomorrow".� �� �
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Note: In his book JFK and the Unspeakable, James Douglass has arrayed� ��"and documented� ��"his narrative with such care, that it has been all too easy for me to plagiarize from it. Actually, the book takes the JFK story much further, to include a thorough discussion of what� ��"and who� ��"Douglass believes killed the President. I recommend the book highly.
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