Try to See it My Way

In 1966, John Lennon was at odds with his manager Brian Epstein. He thought that maybe that tryst in Spain may have given him some leverage in the group. Alas, Brian remained in control and actually favored Paul although he was continuously growing unnerved by Paul's assertive behavior regarding the group.
The Vietnam War was in full swing. Action '65 had taken it's toll the world was soon growing discontent with America's involvement in Vietnam and was questioning why the US troops were there, what exactly they were defending in an independent nation thousands of miles away and why women and children, even infants where being shot and killed in villages for little or no reason. The Mi Li Incident left little doubt that the US involvement in Vietnam had little to do with keeping South East Asia safe for democracy.
There was also an incident in which the Beatles were in conflict with their American distributor, Capitol Records that would literally butcher their master recordings and splice one track on to one album and one track on to another. Tracks from Help, Rubber Soul, and as yet unreleased tracks from Revolver where hastily butchered from their sources and Capitol created its own Beatles album called Yesterday and Today to capitalize on the chart success of Paul's hit single "Yesterday."
In any event, whether it was in protest of the baby killing done by American troops in Vietnam, or the resentment of the Beatles against Capitol Records for butchering their recordings by creating it's own albums to market in the US, the Beatles chose to use a photo of themselves in butcher clothing with dismembered dolls and scraps of meat and bloody clothing.
As President Johnson talked about the Domino Theory and how important it was to maintain democracy in Southeast Asia, the Beatles lyrics ran against the status quo of the establishment.
"Try to see it my way. Life is very short for fussing and fighting, my friend."
As George Harrison later reflected "it had just been a few years since Kennedy was killed. America was mad."
In less than five years, another Kennedy would be killed, along with Martin Luther King. The Butcher Sleeve as banned but the Beatles had come out with a statement. Brian was furious and it was only the beginning of John Lennon's comments that would soon cause a great deal of stress for John Lennon, Brian Epstein and the entire Beatles entourage.
John said that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus Christ. He went on to say that Christianity would fade, that Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary.
Shortly before a concert in the American Bible Belt, the Beatles had received a death threat from the Ku Klux Klan. A fan set off firecrackers at a concert, and John and George looked at each other to see if either one of them had been shot. In 1980, John Lennon would be shot and killed by a crazy fan.