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

But what do you think happens when you get into office ? Like if you're , you're , you're talking about your uncle who's assassinated and you believe the intelligence agencies were part of that ? What happens to you ?

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

So he , he was surrounded by military industrial complex . And um and he learned very early on in an intelligence apparatus that he realized early on that the purpose of the CIA and the intelligence apparatus was to create a constant pipeline of new wars for the , for the military industrial complex the day three days before he took the oath of office , Eisenhower , who is the outgoing president gave what is probably the most important speech in American history , which was , you know , where he warned against the military industrial conflict . I was at my uncle's inauguration .

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

And um and he learned very early on in an intelligence apparatus that he realized early on that the purpose of the CIA and the intelligence apparatus was to create a constant pipeline of new wars for the , for the military industrial complex the day three days before he took the oath of office , Eisenhower , who is the outgoing president gave what is probably the most important speech in American history , which was , you know , where he warned against the military industrial conflict . I was at my uncle's inauguration . I was in Washington that day .

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

The Joe Rogan experience , my uncle John Kennedy , you know , did that . He , he refused to go to war .

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

And he , he stepped out of that meeting and he realized they had been lying to him and trying to trick him . And he said , I want to take the CIA and shatter it into 1000 pieces and scatter it to the winds . And um and then , you know , for the next 1000 days of his presidency , he was at war with his military and intelligence apparatus .