"The Kennedys were never against the war. They used the Cold War and the Vietnam War just like Bush/Cheney are using 911 and the wars in the Middle East. These wars drove the Military/Intelligence economy and made them and their friends rich(er). 2) It was time for the Republicans to get the Presidency. People assume that the Republicans and Democrats are adversaries, but they aren’t. They are allies. Some people are beginning to accept this, clued in first by Ralph Nader in the late 1990’s, and now clued in by the total capitulation of a Democratic Congress to the “neocon” agenda, including the loss of habeas corpus, the shredding of the Constitution, and impending martial law."