Unethical Leadership Quotes
Kennedy hated Roosevelt who had forced him to resign as the U. S. Ambassador to England. Kennedy was an admirer of Mussolini and Hitler. He had allied himself with the part of the British aristocracy that was pro Fascist and opposed Winston Churchill and the democratic element in Britain. Kennedy had opposed aid to Britain to fight Hitler and advised all who would listen that Britain could and would not stand up to Germany. Roosevelt’s support of Britain with Lend Lease and other means proved Kennedy wrong pragmatically and Kennedy’s own statements had forever proved him wrong morally. Although Kennedy opposed our entry in WWII, his sons did not. His oldest son volunteered for a very dangerous mission and was killed. Kennedy blamed his death on Roosevelt {616651} and forever after slandered FDR whenever he got a chance until his son Jack got into politics when his ambition for his son outweighed his hatred.
Despite Hooker's outspoken remarks, the President appointed him commanding general anyway.
The President was a left wing nationalist whose policies were counter to the interests of the United Fruit Company and other American businesses. His plan to build another canal connecting Atlantic and Pacific Oceans threatened to take business and control from the Panama Canal which at that point America owned. The CIA covertly engineered a right wing coup ousting him. At the time, it was US foreign policy to try and change any regime that was not acceptable to American Business interests in Latin America or was socialistic or both.
