Due to the structure of the power, also a drug that's hard to taper: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24071721 (where "the Gulf" refers to the Gulf of Mexico, not the Persian)

JFK, seeking an exit from that Catch-22, tried to promote international institutions[1] in order to approach a world "where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved"[2] ... but he got cancelled.

[1] compare late Ezra Pound for 1940's rants almost suitable for the 2020's: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24208047

[2] https://nationalcenter.org/KennedyInaugural.html

JFK also planned to help topple democratic government in Brazil and install the dictatorship. "Operation Brother Sam" was actually executed by LBJ, post-cancellation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Brazilian_coup_d%27%C3%A9...