Why didn't Eisenhower or Kennedy come right out and tell us exactly who 'they' are?

I'm not just talking about "the military/industrial complex", I'm talking about specific names.

It seems that we as a country could have done more fifty years ago, as far as poilitical housecleaning, then we can today. Once the names were out there, the lynchings would have begun and who knows how much better off we'd be today.

Peace

Perhaps their suspicions could not be backed by solid evidence? You can imagine the political #storm that would result if the proof were not ironclad. If they could not prove their case, well, they'd loose any influence they had up until that point.

Can you imagine how someone who did have such evidence would be assasinated. I think there was and is plenty of evidence. It's denied, but not hidden.

This is an unlikely possibility but it should be raised:

Perhaps both presidents were raising the specter of an entity that did not in fact exist.

Originally posted by uberarcanist
Perhaps both presidents were raising the specter of an entity that did not in fact exist.

"...unwanted influence by the military/industrial complex."

You can't deny the existence of a MIC, or can you? Do you mean Eisenhower and Kennedy didn't know exactly who the players were, or it really didn't exist?

Eisenhower had to of known something or he wouldn't have said it. At the time he said it, it was more cryptic and people didn't pick up on it. Today we know exactly what he was talking about because it's in our face everyday.

Peace