Why no, I've never done literally any research on this topic, but I'm pretty sure I've cracked this mystery.

Bonus lib wank

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    2 years ago

    He was still very anti-communist

    Pretty much by definition, when you're the President. But by shaking up the former Eisenhower administration, he pulled the rug out from under the old Cold War guard on a scale we wouldn't see again until the Trump Admin.

    Functionally, he was killed for the crime of undermining Cold War leadership in the midst of hostilities.