If it was a Republican, he would have been driven from office. Him and his brother Bobby, 2 non military men running a military operation. You go to war to win.
2 non military men running a military operation...
that sounds familiar.
Kennedy did serve during WWII; that and his father’s ill-gotten money is what made him successful in politics.
Never the less, the only thing you can trust a Kennedy to do is just what he promised not to do and vice-versa. I was in high school during the Bay of Pigs and I hadn’t paid a lot of attention to politics up to that time. That changed in a hurry. The Kennedy-Johnson years were a disaster.