Re: Xem mo^. JF Kennedy

[AnHai Doan <anhai@cs.washington.edu>]

On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, Nguyen Tien Zung wrote:

> Co' pha?i ba` vo+. cu?a Kennedy na`y la^'y cho^`ng thu+' hai la` ty? phu'
> kho^ng? Ne^'u pha?i va^.y thi` o^ng cho^`ng kia cho^n dda^u ro^`i
> (ne^'u dda~ che^'t) ? A` nghe no'i Kennedy ma'u ga'i la('m, ddi tranh cu+?
> to^?ng tho^'ng tre^n ma'y bay pha?i co' ca'c co^ phu.c vu., dda'ng la`m
> tha^`y cu?a Clinton ba^y gio+`, kho^ng bie^'t ddu'ng kho^ng ?

Cha`o ba'c Zu~ng and Co., 

No'i nho? vo+'i ba'c la` ba'c DDa`m So+n gia^.n ba'c la('m la('m.
Ba'c hu+'a se~ vie^'t tie^'p pha^`n ba "Cuo^.c DDo+`i Ho.at DDo^.ng
Cu?a To^i", chu+o+ng "To^i DDa~ Ve^` VN La^'y Vo+. Nhu+ The^' Na`o"
ma` cuo^'i cu`ng va^~n chu+a vie^'t, dde^? ba'c So+n ra ddi la^`n
na`y bo^`n cho^`n kho' chi.u vi` kho^ng co' ca^?m nang mang ddi
cu`ng. :-)

O^ng cho^`ng thu+' hai cu?a ba` qua? phu. JFK la` mo^.t nha` ty? phu'
ng` Hy La.p, o^ng na`y ngoe?o la^u ro^`i nhu+ng cho^n dda^u thi` to^i
chi.u. Co`n chuye^.n Kennedy co' ma'u ba la(m thi` co`n pha?i no'i.
To^i ddo.c o+? dda^u ddo' la` co' la^`n ca'c nha^n vie^n trong nha`
Tra('ng ddang ddi la.i khe'p ne'p thi` bo^~ng tha^'y cu+?a thang ma'y
ba^.t mo+?, mo^.t co^ nghe`o qua^`n a'o lao vo.t ra, vu+`a cha.y
vu+`a cu+o+`i re' le^n.  Mo.i ng` co`n chu+a he^'t su+?ng so^'t thi`
la.i tha^'y JFK tu+` trong thang ma'y cha.y ra, cu+o+`i ho^ ho^'
dduo^?i theo em kia. De^ dde^'n the^' la` cu`ng... :-)

Nghe ba?o JFK co`n co' la(`ng nha(`ng gi` vo+'i em Marilyn Monroe. Co'
thuye^'t cho ra(`ng trong vu. xem nhu+ tu+. tu+? cu?a MM co' ba`n tay cu?a
anh em nha` JFK.

My~ co`n FD Roosevelt, mo^.t to^?ng tho^'ng cu~ng ra^'t no^?i
tie^'ng. FDR lu'c co`n so^'ng bi. ba.i lie^.t, pha?i ddi la.i ba(`ng
xe dda^?y. Ho^`i be' kho^ng hie^?u ta.i sao to^i la.i nho+' ra la`
ba'c JFK bi. ba.i lie^.t, ne^n khi nghe tin ba'c na`y co' ma'u ba la(m
to^i ra^'t su+?ng so^'t: ba.i lie^.t pha?i ngo^`i trong xe dda^?y ma`
va^~n ...  tha^.t la` mo^.t con ng` phi thu+o+`ng, cha(?ng tra'ch
ddu+o+.c ba^`u la`m to^?ng tho^'ng cu~ng xu+'ng dda'ng! Ve^` sau
mo+'i bie^'t ba'c na`y kho?e nhu+ va^m, lie^.t lie^'c gi` dda^u. 

>     I think the main reason that JFK is being regarded as a hero is that
>     he was killed mercilessly. If JFK was not killed, he would have made
> a couple more mistakes and later be criticized by his "fellow Americans"
>     as anybody else . 


JFK kho^ng pha?i la` mo^.t to^?ng tho^'ng co' ta`i cu?a nu+o+'c My~
theo nghi~a la` trong 3 na(m la`m to^?ng tho^'ng o^ng ta kho^ng la`m
ddu+o+.c gi` dda'ng ke^? ve^` ca? ddo^'i no^.i la^~n ddo^'i ngoa.i.
Ve^` ddo^'i ngoa.i thi` vu+`a le^n dda~ la`m vu. Bay of Pigs tha^'t
ba.i tha?m ha.i, JFK cu~ng go'p pha^`n dda^?y sa^u nu+o+'c My~ ho+n
nu+~a va`o cuo^.c chie^'n o+? VN. Ve^` ddo^'i no^.i thi` JFK kho^ng
pha?i la` ngu+o+`i sympathetic va` la`m ddu+o+.c gi` cho phong tra`o
ddo`i civil rights cho ng` da ma`u, mo^.t trong n~ va^'n dde^`
no'ng bo?ng nha^'t cu?a n'c My~ lu'c ba^'y gio+`. Kinh te^' My~ 
du+o+'i tho+`i JFK cu~ng kho^ng co' n~ pha't trie^?n dda'ng ke^?.

Tuy nhie^n, JFK va` gia ddi`nh ddu+o+.c da^n My~ ra^'t to^n su`ng
vi` nhie^`u ly' do. Mo^.t trong n~ ly' do chi'nh la` vi` JFK va` gia 
ddi`nh la` bie^?u tu+o+.ng cho mo^.t n'c My~ ddang o+? tho+`i hoa`ng 
kim. DDa^`u n~ na(m 1960 n'c My~ ddang o+? giai ddoa.n cu+.c thi.nh 
ve^` kinh te^' va` quye^`n uy chi'nh tri. tre^n the^' gio+'i. Da^n 
My~ ddang a(n cho+i phe` pho+~n chu+a pha?i ddo^'i dda^`u vo+'i 
cuo^.c chie^'n VN, civil unrest, oil crisis, watergate,... nhu+ va`o 
cuo^'i n~ na(m 60 va` dda^` n~ nam 70. Trong bo^'i ca?nh xa~ ho^.i 
ddo' mo^.t to^?ng tho^'ng tre?, dde.p trai, co' ta`i a(n no'i, 
xua^'t tha^n tu+` mo^.t gia ddi`nh gia`u co' thuo^.c ta^`ng lo+'p 
thu+o+.ng lu+u, co' vo+. dde.p, qu'y pha'i nhu+ng gia?n di., la` 
bie^?u tu+o+.ng cho mo^.t n'c My~ gia`u co' no ddu? va` la` inspriration
model cho da^n My~. 

Ly' do kha'c la` vi` JFK la` mo^.t tay ra^'t charismatic, co' ta`i
die^~n thuye^'t va` ki'ch ddo^.ng lo`ng ngu+o+`i. Ngoa`i mo^.t so^'
ca^u no'i no^?i tie^'ng cu?a JFK ma` nhie^`u ng` bie^'t, tay na`y
co`n dde^` ra n~ chu+o+ng tri`nh mang ti'nh inspirational va`
visionary, cha(?ng ha.n chu+o+ng tri`nh ddu+a ng` My~ le^n ma(.t tra(ng
tru+o+'c na(m 1970. Co' the^? no'i JFK la` mo^.t leader who leads 
with style. Ma` o+? ca'i xu+' che^'t tie^.t na`y thi` la`m gi` co' 
style, tha^.m chi' gie^'t ng` co' style,  cu~ng ddu+o+.c nhie^`u ng` 
ha^m mo^. 

Tu+` tho+`i n~ na(m 60 tro+? la.i dda^y, My~ chi? co' hai to^?ng tho^'ng
thuo^.c da.ng charismatic, die^~n thuye^'t hay, bie^'t ki'ch ddo^.ng 
lo`ng ng`, ddu+a ra ca'c chu+o+ng tri`nh ta^`m vo'c lo+'n, 
inspirational va` visionary. DDo' la` JFK va` Ronald Reagan. Ca? hai 
dde^`u ra^'t popular.

Ta^'t nhie^n ta^'n tha?m ki.ch va` su+. bi' a^?n  quanh ca'i che^'t 
cu?a JFK cu~ng go'p pha^`n lo+'n trong vie^.c ta.o ne^n mo^.t 
martyr va` legend.

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