Filmul lipsa - Viata lui JFK

Despre John Fitzgerald Kennedy s-au facut multe filme si probabil se vor mai face. Sunt doua mari categorii: cele despre viata sa si cele despre moartea sa. Cateva filme foarte bune s-au facut legat de acest subiect: Executive Action (1973-David Miller), JFK (1991-Oliver Stone) , deasemenea altele doar inspirate. Cele despre viata lui au fost insa foarte sterse, retinand numai aspectele de tabloid - subiectele legate de sotie si amante.

Ce nu s-a facut, cu adevarat, este un film despre viata sa, mai precis asupra ceea ce conteaza din aceasta. Faptul cel mai putin important este acela ca a demarat programul Apollo (http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/ricetalk.htm).

"We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too. "

La fel, gestionarea crizei rachetelor, din  1962, nu  a fost nici ea cea mai importanta contributie a acestui presedinte. Importante au fost cele din domeniul drepturilor civile si cele din viziunea asupra pacii si relatiilor  dintre tari.

Si-a mai permis vreun presedinte american sau de alta natie sa spuna asa ceva, in conditiile in care razboiale mai mari sau mai mici, mai reci sau mai calde ascund o gramada de interese?

“What kind of peace do we seek? Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave. I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children–not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women–not merely peace in our time but peace for all time.” 

“Too many of us think [peace] is impossible. Too many think it unreal. But that is a dangerous, defeatist belief. It leads to the conclusion that war is inevitable–that mankind is doomed–that we are gripped by forces we cannot control. We need not accept that view. Our problems are manmade–therefore, they can be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. Man’s reason and spirit have often solved the seemingly unsolvable–and we believe they can do it again.”

"Genuine peace", "peace for all time" ... ce profit sa scoti din asta? In plus, cum ar fi posibil?
JFK a avut un raspuns : "And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings"

A mai trait 5 luni dupa acest discurs. Acum 50 de ani.

(Un exemplu de efect al acestei pozitii ... conducerea Romaniei de atunci a transmis conducerii SUA ca nu se v-a implica in nici un conflict initiat sau provocat de Uniunea Sovietica)