a : the organization, machinery, or agency through which a political unit exercises authority and performs functions and which is usually classified according to the distribution of power within it
b : the complex of political institutions, laws, and customs through which the function of governing is carried out
Honestly why would a President do things he originally opposed of doing in the first place? What makes him do such a thing? What makes a President break the promises he made to his people? Maybe we shouldn't be asking what, maybe we should be asking who?
There have been many discussions about other powerful organizations being held responsible for what and why a the President of the States does. Some say that the presidential candidates are selected and groomed by non-government organizations. I agree on this. An example of this would be: Richard Nixon; He on the fall of 1969, said he didn't want the war. He wanted peace and unity. Well if he wanted that, why didn't he put his plans and thoughts in action instantly? The Vietnamese didn't want the war. Well if both opponents opposed this, then why did it go on for so long? The organizations wanted it to continue, so America could gain profits and glory, some say. Well if the most powerful man in United States and the one of the most powerful on Earth, the President of the U.S.A. can't do what he wants then what's the point of being president? What good or fame do you get if you are powerless? If you are a puppet to others?
JFK was a man who fought for what he believed in and what he wanted to achieve as president. He did things that made people raise their eyebrows. Even at the beginning he says he wants peace and good relations with others. So just because he is set out to achieve that, he gets killed? He contradicted many things those organizations and people he worked with said. He wasn't going to be another same old president. He was going for change, for a better, new, different America. Because of this he is hated and threatened.
JFK's decision to back off from Cuba and the lie from the C.I.A. caused a major commotion. He (JFK) was infuriated with the lie. This made the C.I.A.'s attempts for the Bay of Pigs Invasion unsuccessful. Thus leading to a tarnished reputation of the C.I.A. and the Kennedy Administration. John F. Kennedy's decision to back of from all wars, such as th Cold War and Vietnamese war was driving the government and other organizations nuts. They were very unimpressed with Kennedy. If Kennedy went through with this then we as a strong, powerful country would lose our reputation and glory. We would have had many losses and no profit gains. These were probably some thoughts what enemies and organizations that controlled and hated the president thought. Kennedy wanted out on all this conflict. Was that such a bad thing? I don't think so.
One thing that was very controversial in U.S.A. then was Kennedy giving more rights to African-Americans. This made racists and Kennedy enemies to brew up more frustration, anger, and hate against the president. If these rights to African-Americans weren't given by JFK, Abraham Lincoln, and many other presidents, America would have been a completely different world. Those people who are racist, honestly think, would a place be better if we had the same kind of people in one place? No variety. No opportunity. We might not have what we have if there wasn't any variety in culture and contributions.
Kennedy wasn't supposed to be making friends with the enemy. The Soviets. JFK's superiors (organizations and others) deeply hated the thought of such a thing. To be Communist. To make truce. The certain glimmer of those thoughts was repulsive and certainly not acceptable. But again Kennedy does it. He befriends and makes peace with the Soviets. He was turning his back towards friends and going to the enemy. Citizens, government, and organizations are aghast by this. This had never happened before. Even if it had in American history not to such a great degree of extent. Forgetting what your enemies have done and just shaking hands? Impossible. This is what would be running in my mind if I lived in U.S.A. then. JFK did this again because he wanted peace. Everything he did went back to what he originally was trying to achieve. His main goal: A peaceful, new, changed, different United States.
This is what made Kennedy unique. He wasn't going to be that puppet president, that many had been throughout the years. He was going to take a stand and actually do what he came to do. This is why Kennedy was legendary, infamous, known, and assassinated. If others had agreed with what Kennedy thought, he might have still been alive today.
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