While Leftists may correctly identify JFK as a cold warrior, as Parenti put it: right wing military circles are notorious for not seeing the world in the same way as left wing analysts. Moreover, he made tons of documented changes in policy during his term and wanted to end the Cold War. The military tried to manipulate him into going full boots on the ground intervention in Cuba and he didn't go for it. That's when they decided he needed to go.
Honestly, this could just be a case of Dulles orchestrating the conspiracy because JFK forced Dulles to resign as CIA director. He's enough of a power-tripping sociopath that I could see him doing it out of pure spite. JFK being soft on commies and so on is more to get the other co-conspirators on board.
I mean it wasn't exactly because they thought he was a peacenik
While Leftists may correctly identify JFK as a cold warrior, as Parenti put it: right wing military circles are notorious for not seeing the world in the same way as left wing analysts. Moreover, he made tons of documented changes in policy during his term and wanted to end the Cold War. The military tried to manipulate him into going full boots on the ground intervention in Cuba and he didn't go for it. That's when they decided he needed to go.
Honestly, this could just be a case of Dulles orchestrating the conspiracy because JFK forced Dulles to resign as CIA director. He's enough of a power-tripping sociopath that I could see him doing it out of pure spite. JFK being soft on commies and so on is more to get the other co-conspirators on board.