JFK

Did our nation lose its innocence when John Kennedy was killed on November 22, 1963? I think our nation had already lost its innocence when we started getting too involved with foreign countries. I’m not saying that the United States cannot get involved with other countries but, we overstep our boundaries.  We go into countries with the intention of helping others and trying to protect their people. We take over the towns, the government, and the native people to the country.  After the John Kennedy assassination this affected people psychologically. The assassination made the people question the government. They did not trust the government. That is still true today with some people. I, myself do not trust the government. The government has so much power; they can control anything that they really want. If they do not like who was in presidency, they would secretly, in my opinion would hire criminals to assassinate the president.  When the government was close to change or new ways they would get rid of the person with the ideas of change.
I think that 9/11 affected the American people the same as the assassination. We thought that America is the safest place on the world and nothing bad could happen. But, when 9/11 it made everyone question America. After 9/11 people were very worried or scared to do anything. They thought that something bad could happen at any time. In my opinion I would feel the same way. If something like 9/11 happens again, I would be afraid that we are never going to be truly safe like everyone says we are. People come to United States to be free and safe. But, if you really think about it is the United States really safe? Look at everything that has happened. The Stock Market Crash, American Civil War, Bay of Pigs and many more. We have had bad events in the United States but, people still do not care and still want to come and live here. I know we do not have the worst history in the world but it is not the greatest. The thing that sets us apart from the rest of the world it has made our country stronger and put together.
In my opinion I think that the government killed John F. Kennedy.  Kennedy had many new ideas of change. John played a major role in trying to change the American politics. When the older generation of the government comes across change, they do not want change. It always seems like when it comes to change the older generation is the last to accept. They are used to having everything by the books and nothing out of the ordinary. This has not changed from times back to now days. If you ask the older generation to change they try and find a way to not have to change.  Is it a coincidence that Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King were killed in a few years of the death of John F. Kennedy?  No, their deaths aren’t something that just happened or an accident. All of these men were something special. They wanted change and to make the United States and the world a better place. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4th, 1968, and a little after two months Robert Kennedy was killed on June 5th, 1968. Why do you think their deaths are so close together? Both Robert and Martin tried to get the United States away from war and violence. When Robert was a senator he would travel all around and try to study the effects poverty. His supporters wanted him to run antiwar. Martin Luther wanted everyone to be equal and have the same rights. He wanted to show the rest of the world on how African Americans were treated so poorly.  All of these men just wanted to change and improve the United States.
What do you think our country would be like now if these three men were not assassinated? Would we have better African American Rights? Would our country be so involved with war and violence? Would you think our country be more peaceful and would that help spread to the rest of the world.  I think if these men would still have been alive our country would have become a stronger and peaceful. The people of our country may not be so hesitant and worried about the future. Without all of these bad events that have gone on, what if we could erase all of them? Would our country be so full of hatred and violence? John F. Kennedy was a great man and was trying to better the world, same as the other men. But when things started to change the government shut these ideas down and would never be brought up again.