The military-industrial complex Eisenhower warned about did the deed, using a hodgepodge of players and plausible motives, but the day Kennedy was killed was the day the complex seized control of America. No president since then has threatened the Federal Reserve, and no president has tried to rein in the CIA.

I blame Eisenhower for Kennedy's death and for the mess we're in today. Eisenhower was dying anyway, so instead of issuing a WARNING about the military-industrial complex (CIA), he should have pulled the plug on it and then AFTERWARDS said he'd done so. He should have laid out his reasons for doing it on live television, and Americans, horrified at learning about the deeds of the CIA, would have supported its dismantling 99%. Instead, Ike chose to live 9 more pathetic years, suffering more heart attacks, and he left behind a legacy of abandoning his oath to the constitution. JFK tried to set things right, and he died.