"He [JKF] is one of the most important presidents because he was for peace at a time when we were on the brink of war. In 1960, when he ran, the Pentagon was ready to take out Russia on the first strike. This was what their thinking was: "We gotta nail these bastards now" ... That was their Dr Strangelove thinking. Johnson put us right back smack into the middle of the biggest war we'd ever had since WWII and it was a disaster, as you know. A debacle."
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As quoted in 'An unrepentant contrarian won’t change his position on JFK’s murder', by Stephanie Bunbury, The Sydney Morning Herald, (December 1, 2021)
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