I think that for sure the country was changed in a distinct way after the assassination of JFK. The assassination of a president alone is a huge deal in itself, and the effects it has on other aspects of our country were also greatly affected. These aspects include the government as a whole, the peoples' trust in our country, our economy, and our countries security. I think that the assassination of John F. Kennedy was a big turning point for our country. Sure other times in the past of country some questionable things have happened, but nothing to scale of this. I wouldn't think that this act alone caused our country to lose it's innocence, i think that our countries innocence was lost long before this. In my opinion the government has always had a way of controlling things so they get the outcome that they want. The main thing that I think this assassination did was open the public's eyes to what is truly happening in our country. I think that psychologically it scared many people in our country. I think that it made people question how safe they were in our country. If the president of the United States can be gunned down that easy, so can anyone else. Sociologically I think it changed the people's perspective on our government. They didn't know who to vote for or what was going to happen. I think some were worried the economy would go down the drain and others were more concerned we were going to war.
Yes I think that 9/11 had nearly the same affect on people as did the JFK assassination. I think that more than anything the most similar way the two events are the same is that both events scared and shocked the American people. Nobody thought that something as awful as these two events could have occurred. I do think that the American people blames themselves for this accident. I believe that they think they should've been more aware and they feel like they should've done more. Of course in both cases there are conspiracies that the government was involved and the ordered the attacks. I find it very hard to believe that the government would do something that tragic and awful to its own people. In this case I myself don't believe the government had anything to do with 9/11. Although, even the thought that the government was was maybe involved is a very scary thought.
In my thought, the government play a major role in killing JFK. I don't think that members of our federal government actually pulled the trigger to kill JFK, but I think many members were behind the plot to kill him. I'm not positive that the government was involved, but with all the evidence and investigations that have been done, I have no doubt that Lee Harvey Oswald was not the solo killer. In fact I don't even believe that Lee Harvey Oswald was the killer at all. I believe that JFK's car was driven into an ambush of gunfire from three different sides. This whole ordeal raises a lot of questions in my mind. One thing that really bugs me is that a lot of the people that were taken for questioning from the scene were never questioned and there is no record of them actually being taken to the police station. Another thing that really raises suspicion to me is that many of the witnesses that were at the scene or that were even part of the big cover-up mysteriously just died "unexpectedly." Also, the one trial that was brought publicly to court was lost, even though they had very strong evidence which supported their claim, and they had many witnesses that testified for credibility.
In my opinion JFK was assassinated for three main reasons. One reason is that many people thought that he was soft and many people thought that because of this he would bring our country down. The other main reason is that he didn't want to go to war, but many other government officials wanted to go to war and assert our dominance. I think that officials thought that if JFK was gone, they had word from the vice president and future president that he would go to war, so i think that is how and why the plan was created. The last reason is that I just think that many people were afraid of change. JFK was a strong supporter of change. He supported the movement for African Americans, he was changing the economy for the better, and he was trying to make the country better and more peaceful. Many people didn't like this and they opposed change. They wanted to stick to the basics of what America was created on.
I don't think that it is a coincidence at all that MLK and RFK were assassinated within a few years of JFK's assassination. MLK wanted more freedom for African American people and so did JFK. MLK was a big supporter of change too. I think that his views and beliefs were very scary to the government. I don't think RFK's assassination was not a coincidence one bit. He supported a lot of the same things that his brother did while he was in office. When RFK won the election many people were afraid he would try and do the same things his brother did. They didn't want the change he would oppose. When he won the election he was gunned down immediately to make sure that the Kennedy beliefs were not put into office.
