John F. Kennedy in Power and Terror, by Noam Chomsky

On War & Peace: In early 1960s, nobody protested US attacks in Vietnam

The Vietnam War actually began for the US in 1950, and from 1954 to 1960, the US had a kind of Latin American-style terror regime in place. And it wasn't any joke; they killed about 60,000-70,000 people. But there was no protest. Zero. When Kennedy took over, they escalated it, and pretty soon it became a direct US attack. Still no protest. Through the early 1960s, you couldn't get anybody to sign a petition. By 1966, Vietnam was becoming a big issue. But protests were met with extreme hostility. Source: Power and Terror, by Noam Chomsky, p. 25 May 21, 2002

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