Ellroy's _American Tabloid_ is a marvelous book. Much is speculative, but a great deal of the book is based on the best research into the darker side American Cold War intrigues and the Kennedy assassination. It is unfortunate that one of the most telling and honest portrayals of the grim, underworld brutality of American policy in the twentieth century can only find a wide market as a work of fiction. Also unfortunate is that most Americans interested in the Kennedy assassination want to make Jack into something of a sacrificial lamb. Such is our political naivete. We will really only be "through the looking glass" of political understanding in this country when we understand that JFK's assassination was not really a coup, but business as usual, a manifestation of American realpolitik during the Cold War. Kennedy was bumped off by the same batch of criminals he unleashed upon Central America and Southeast Asia, who unleashed a multinational holocaust in the name of Big Business. Kennedy's error was not a higher morality, but his hubris and his wrecklessness. Detailed so grimly in _Tabloid_, as both a Kennedy and as President, he really believed he could control the bastards. He didn't understand that as far as the permanent class was concerned, Presidents and even Kennedy's, come and go. The permanent political and criminal classes of the National Security State would not (and won't) be undone by some elected official, even if he be President. Kennedy, like one of the upstart wise guys in your favorite mafia pic, wanted to run the show. Kennedy wasn't interested in cleaning up the National Security State, but in consolidating it under his and his family's control. He wanted the credit and the power, not world peace (this is where the similarities to Bill Clinton really get interesting). And like the upstart wiseguy, he was whacked. It sent a message to others in the elected class, to a frightened Lyndon Johnson, to us a voters, and to our Cold War opponents; so-called democracy won't stop us from pursuing our goals, so don't f**k with us. Lucio GONZO Links - Your online guide to millennial America http://members.tripod.com/gonzolinks -----Original Message----- From: MARK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, January 18, 1999 10:43 AM Subject: [CTRL] American Tabloid > -Caveat Lector- > >For anyone still wishing to debate Clintons ethics/morals/motives, and >still dumbfounded by them, you should read James Ellroy's FANTASTIC >"American Tabloid". > >This exceptional book, fictionalises (?) the 1000 days to the run-up to >the death of JFK. Basically, it has the government in cahoots with the >mob, the mob in cahoots with the FBI, the CIA in cahoots with Castro, >and the Kennedy's in cahoots with everyone. > >I guarantee, that this piece of fiction (?) will take you down new >avenues of thought. This book is one of the most powerful, and >un-putdownable books that I have ever read. I am British, and I found >it eye-opening, so I can only wonder how you Yanks will find it. > >MARK > >DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER >========== >CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic >screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters >and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright >frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects >spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL >gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; >be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and >nazi's need not apply. > >Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. >======================================================================== >Archives Available at: >http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html > >http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ >======================================================================== >To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: >SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: >SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Om >
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