February 9 is the birthday of former Secretary of State #DeanRusk who we #quote and back with a picture of another #Fallbrook #sunset. If this #quotograph speaks to you, please repost it.

February 9 is the birthday of #American Cold War diplomat #DeanRusk who we #quote and back with a picture of #Elephantseals in their rookery along the #coast near #SanSimeonCA. If there’s something in this #quotograph that speaks to you, please feel free to share it with others.

David #DeanRusk was born to a poor family in Georgia #OnThisDay in 1909, rising to become secretary of state to JFK & LBJ; while initially expressing doubts about the #VietnamWar, he enthusiastically supported its escalation & bears considerable responsibility for it:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Rusk

#DeanRusk was born #OnThisDay in 1909 & has been judged harshly for his role in the Vietnam War but he did stand up to the Zionist machine in forthrightly declaring #ApartheidIsrael responsible for its attack on the #USSLiberty (6.8.67)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5WU...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Rusk

#DeanRusk was born in Georgia #OnThisDay in 1909, serving as secretary of state from 1961 to 1969; his arbitrary division of Korea helped provoke the #KoreanWar & he was one of the architects of the #VietnamWar... #KoreaPeaceNow #OneCorea #한국 #조선 #625전쟁 #한국전쟁

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Rusk

That's #DeanRusk in photo above left, signing the 1967 #OuterSpaceTreaty, which he extolled in his memoir "As I Saw It": "[H]uman race had...come up w/reasonable #hopeful #intelligent civilized approaches to...man's entry into space. ... Outer space would be a place of #peace...")

Died #otd Dean Rusk, United States Secretary of State, 30 years ago today #DeanRuskwww.outlived.org/person/dean-rusk-2875