Colin Sheridan: Kennedys are to blame for photo-ops
Jack Kennedy conferring head-to-head with his brother and campaign organiser Bobby Kennedy. What were they discussing? We will never know, and we don’t need to know.
Colin Sheridan is a writer and columnist. A former officer in the Irish Defence Forces he has extensive deployment experience as a peacekeeper with the United Nations, having lived and worked in the former Yugoslavia, West Africa, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine.
We should probably blame the Kennedys, Jack and Bobby.
The silhouette of the brothers on opposing couches, Jack with left hand raised to chin, Bobby leaning in to listen, is one of the most iconic photos of the last century.
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