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In reply to the discussion: In 1963, JFK ordered a complete withdrawal from Vietnam. [View all]Martin Eden
(12,876 posts)57. So much died 59 years ago
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LBJ did not "get us into that war." At least try to be accurate when you yell at us in all caps
Hekate
Nov 2022
#30
I remember hearing about this from a Mae Brussels radio rant back in the 70's
Fiendish Thingy
Nov 2022
#32
Not an expert in Vietnamese history but to deduce that a document proposing withdrawal didn't have
grantcart
Nov 2022
#35
Diem was a manipulator of the CIA much as the contemporary Saudi and Pakistani
Ford_Prefect
Nov 2022
#37
"What Kennedy knew, didn't know, or intended to do is always going to be nothing more than a guess."
ShazzieB
Nov 2022
#43