Robert Kennedy, Jr. on His Uncle JFK and the Military Industrial Complex

And two months later , the military and intelligence came to him and said , we got uh we got to invade Cuba and he was like , I'm not going to Cuba and I'm not gonna let the military . And they said , well , we got all these Cubans trained and they're gonna go attack Castro . And he said , well , we , we can't , the US government can't be doing that .

Robert Kennedy, Jr. on His Uncle JFK and the Military Industrial Complex

And he understood that . And two months later , the military and intelligence came to him and said , we got uh we got to invade Cuba and he was like , I'm not going to Cuba and I'm not gonna let the military . And they said , well , we got all these Cubans trained and they're gonna go attack Castro .

Robert Kennedy, Jr. on His Uncle JFK and the Military Industrial Complex

And he said , well , we , we can't , the US government can't be doing that . We can't be attacking , we , we , I don't like what Castro is doing down there , but it's not the United States job to dictate what kind of governments other countries have . And they said , uh well , as soon as they land , there's gonna be a big revolution , everybody's gonna rise up and they're gonna overthrow Castro .

Robert Kennedy, Jr. on His Uncle JFK and the Military Industrial Complex

We can't be attacking , we , we , I don't like what Castro is doing down there , but it's not the United States job to dictate what kind of governments other countries have . And they said , uh well , as soon as they land , there's gonna be a big revolution , everybody's gonna rise up and they're gonna overthrow Castro . And he said , well , you can't use the US military .

Robert Kennedy, Jr. on His Uncle JFK and the Military Industrial Complex

And he said , well , you can't use the US military . And they ended up bringing those guys over with uh United Fruit boats and , and in the middle of it , in the night , they came to him and said , they're getting wiped out on the beach and you need to send in the military and invade . And he said , we're not going to do it .