JFK AND THE UNSPEAKABLE: OLIVER STONE:
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 4:41 pm
07.24.2017:Dear JFK Murder Solved Forum Members and Readers:I prefer to analyze, read, research, and study ideas, opinions, thoughts, and writings on Subject Matter's ofinterest to me ranging from The Extreme Right to The Extreme Left, hopefully inspiring and inviting eruditeresponses that may improve and/or strengthen my own curiosities, efforts, and understanding of the panoramicview that I am developing.We live in the Post Charlie Chan, Sherlock Holmes, Perry Mason, Detective Colombo, Ben Matlock, CriminalMinds, CSI, Hollywood Movie and T.V. Special generation, etc.Hence sometimes assembling the puzzle can be defined for some by an analysis, an argument, a book, somefacts, a movie, a perspective, a position, a stance, a view, a T.V. series or show, etc., THAT MUST LEAD TO AN APPARENT CONCLUSION.To use one of my many favorite Metaphor's, I truly believe that many believe that ALL OF THE PIECES TO THE JFKPUZZLE ARE SPILLED ON THE TABLE IN PLAIN VIEW, AND MERELY NEED TO BE ASSEMBLED LIKE THE PICTURE OF THE PUZZLE ON THE BOX.With that in mind, along with all that I have written on the JFKMS Forum, I am Posting 3 successive Headlinesand supporting material about James W. Douglass' book, which many herald as "THE DEFINITIVE JFK WORK."Thus far, I do not think that there is any JFK DEFINITIVE WORK. Opinions vary. (07.24.2017, BB).May 25, 2011JFK AND THE UNSPEAKABLE: WHY HE DIED AND WHY IT MATTERS:BY JAMES W. DOUGLASS:By OLIVER STONE:The murder of President Kennedy was a seminal event for me and for millions of Americans. It changed the course of history. It was a crushing blow to our country and to millions of people around the world. It put an abrupt end to a period of a misunderstood idealism, akin to the spirit of 1989 when the Soviet bloc to began to thaw and 2008, when our new American President was fairly elected.Today, more than 45 years later, profound doubts persist about how President Kennedy was killed and why. My film JFK was a metaphor for all those doubts, suspicions and unanswered questions. Now an extraordinary new book offers the best account I have read of this tragedy and its significance. That book is James Douglass’s JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters. It is a book that deserves the attention of all Americans; it is one of those rare books that, by helping us understand our history, has the power to change it.The subtitle sums up Douglass’s purpose: Why He Died and Why it Matters. In his beautifully written and exhaustively researched treatment, Douglass lays out the “motive” for Kennedy’s assassination. Simply, he traces a process of steady conversion by Kennedy from his origins as a traditional Cold Warrior to his determination to pull the world back from the edge of destruction.Many of these steps are well known, such as Kennedy’s disillusionment with the CIA after the disastrous Bay of Pigs Invasion, and his refusal to follow the reckless recommendations of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis. (This in itself was truly JFK’s shining moment in the sun. It is likely that any other president from LBJ on would have followed the path to a general nuclear war.) Then there was the Test Ban Treaty and JFK’s remarkable American University Speech where he spoke with empathy and compassion about the Soviet people, recognizing our common humanity, the fact that we all “inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s futures. And we are all mortal.”But many of his steps remain unfamiliar: Kennedy’s back-channel dialogue with Khrushchev and their shared pursuit of common ground; his secret opening to dialogue with Fidel Castro (ongoing the very week of his assassination); and his determination to pull out of Vietnam after his probable re-election in 1964.All of these steps caused him to be regarded as a virtual traitor by elements of the military-intelligence community. These were the forces that planned and carried out his assassination. Kennedy himself said, in 1962, after he read Seven Days in May, which is about a military coup in the United States, that if he had another Bay of Pigs, the same thing could happen to him. Well, he did have another “Bay of Pigs”; he had several. And I think Kennedy prophesied his own death with those words.Why does it matter? The death of JFK remains a critical turning point in our history. Those who caused his death were targeting not just a man but a vision — a vision of peace. There is no calculating the consequences of his death for this country and for the world. Those consequences endure. To a large extent, the fate of our country and the future of the planet continue to be controlled by the shadowy forces of what Douglass calls “the Unspeakable.” Only by unmasking these forces and confronting the truth about our history can we restore the promise of democracy and lay claim to Kennedy’s vision of peace.But don’t take my word for it. Read this extraordinary book and reach your own conclusions.As always, I strongly recommend that you first read, research, and study material completely yourself about a Subject Matter, and then formulate your own Opinions and Theories.Any additional analyses, interviews, investigations, readings, research, studies, thoughts,or writings on any aspect of this Subject Matter ?Bear in mind that we are trying to attract and educate a Whole New Generation of JFKResearchers who may not be as well versed as you.Comments ?Respectfully,BB.