Modern Politics: "The Brothers, John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles, and Their Secret War
Politics, for me, started with all the attention my parents were giving to the Nixon/Kennedy presidential election in 1960. I was 10 years old and thrilled to see my family so excited about Kennedy and so fearful of Nixon.The fear all of us had about nuclear war was set aside by Kennedy's fresh approach to government. The fact that he was the youngest, the best spoken, a Catholic, and Irish descent (my mother's family were fervent Irish Catholics), appealed to me along with his beautiful wife and family.We celebrated the result and were shocked at Nixon's reaction--Tricky Dick was sure that Kennedy stole the election. There was constant conversation about the Dems being our saviors and the Republicans only being war-mongers and sore losers.Kennedy brought his own family to Money and Politics; whereas, the Dulles brothers used their back scene power to control Wall Street and Foreign policy. Any world leader who got on the wrong side of the Dulles cartel were bound to suffer at the hand