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My new book, "Into the Nightmare"
Peter Lemkin Wrote:I love this sentence! Captures it all.....

Quote:"Our president's murder in broad daylight on a public street fifty years ago, and the new government's refusal to bring his killers to justice, meant nothing less the end of our long experiment in democracy. We now live not in a democracy but in what more accurately can be termed a limited police state, and that is the ultimate legacy of the Coup of 1963."

"The ultimate legacy?

A "limited police state"? [emphasis added]

I think not.

Ask, for instance, the survivors of My Lai what they see as the "ultimate legacy" of JFK's murder.

In my opinion, Peter, the sentence you bring to our attention -- in particular, the phrase which I highlight -- narrows rather than broadens our perspective on the event, implicitly values American lives over others, and is most kindly appreciated as shallow rather than deep political analysis.
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My new book, "Into the Nightmare" - by Allen Lowe - 01-07-2013, 03:58 PM
My new book, "Into the Nightmare" - by Allen Lowe - 01-07-2013, 10:28 PM
My new book, "Into the Nightmare" - by Allen Lowe - 01-07-2013, 11:23 PM
My new book, "Into the Nightmare" - by Allen Lowe - 01-07-2013, 11:40 PM
My new book, "Into the Nightmare" - by Allen Lowe - 02-07-2013, 12:52 PM
My new book, "Into the Nightmare" - by Allen Lowe - 02-07-2013, 06:42 PM
My new book, "Into the Nightmare" - by O. Austrud - 11-07-2013, 08:31 PM
My new book, "Into the Nightmare" - by Allan Peak - 25-07-2013, 08:33 AM
My new book, "Into the Nightmare" - by Charles Drago - 18-09-2013, 12:58 PM
My new book, "Into the Nightmare" - by Tom Huston - 20-09-2013, 06:40 PM
My new book, "Into the Nightmare" - by Tom Huston - 23-09-2013, 07:42 PM
My new book, "Into the Nightmare" - by Tom Huston - 23-09-2013, 10:34 PM
My new book, "Into the Nightmare" - by Tom Huston - 23-09-2013, 10:54 PM
My new book, "Into the Nightmare" - by Tom Huston - 06-11-2013, 09:06 PM

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