Allen Dulles' "Indonesian Strategy" and the Assassination of JFK

[Scott Kaiser]

strategy of ending conflict throughout Southeast Asia and assisting the growth of democracy in newly liberated post-colonial countries worldwide.

Before there could be an uprising growth in democracy for all countries worldwide, there would need to be a revolt against all communist countries worldwide.

Scott, there were relatively few communist countries in 1961-63. Most of the Third World was still struggling to overcome the effects of decades or centuries of being ruled over by European empires.

Hi Tracy, that may be true if we were speaking of just the Soviet bloc, and, I have this funny thing bugging me, not sure what it is, but, a lot of folks blame Vietnam for Kennedy's assassination, while others blame the Bay of Pigs. So, communism may not have been as widespread as democracy, but then again, there weren't other countries really worth fighting for except Cuba. While the United States squandered billions in Vietnam, we also made billions in Cuba.