We were already in Vietnam before JFK took office. (Reply #37)

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Mon Dec 2, 2013, 08:00 PM

Ace Acme (1,464 posts)

37. We were already in Vietnam before JFK took office.

In September 1960, the Communist Party of North Vietnam called for the liberation of the south from American imperialism.

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46 replies	Author	Time	Post
Ideas like that will get you shot. [View all]	Scuba	Dec 2013	OP
"wherever evil needs an adversary"	Tom Rinaldo	Dec 2013	#1
So will outspoken support of Israel...	Spider Jerusalem	Dec 2013	#2
A very often overlooked fact. /nt	seveneyes	Dec 2013	#7
Even that is attributing too much cause and effect.	DanTex	Dec 2013	#9
who probably	Niceguy1	Dec 2013	#26
Except the fatal shot was behind the right ear and fired from about 3 inches away	Ace Acme	Dec 2013	#30
And Sirhan Sirhan had a 22 cal pistol	PeoViejo	Dec 2013	#34
There's that, too (nt)	Recursion	Dec 2013	#10
Outspoken support of Israel was not rare among US politicians at that time.	merrily	Dec 2013	#16
Or this time.	Spider Jerusalem	Dec 2013	#18
This time is not relevant to RFK's assassination, though.	merrily	Dec 2013	#19
The bullet that killed RFK was at close range to the back of his head. Sirhan, while definitely	1monster	Dec 2013	#27
The country has never been the same after his assassination	Rex	Dec 2013	#3
We went numb. It was like unrelenting hammer blows. It was an awful time in this nation.	Ikonoklast	Dec 2013	#5
He was my last great hope. I almost stopped voting except for my mother who told me we had to	jwirr	Dec 2013	#6
It's funny this came up, I was at my parent's Sunday for dinner.	Ikonoklast	Dec 2013	#12
Your dad and I grew up listening to news about a South American assasination all the time. That is	jwirr	Dec 2013	#14
RFK would have been president had he lived.	Ace Acme	Dec 2013	#32
The shootings no longer happen here - but beware of being liberal, charismatic and	truedelphi	Dec 2013	#39
Just a small correction Wellstone's plane was on its way to Eveleth, MN	dflprincess	Dec 2013	#42
Thanks for the correction.	truedelphi	Dec 2013	#46
Your Dad was right (n/t)	Samantha	Dec 2013	#44
+a zillion	truebluegreen	Dec 2013	#29
Malcolm X was killed	heaven05	Dec 2013	#41
Some of us still remember when	wilsonbooks	Dec 2013	#4
Reagan & the republicans made it their life's mission to infiltrate the democratic party...and they	loudsue	Dec 2013	#15
Yep.	bvar22	Dec 2013	#23
They left out LIEberman.	loudsue	Dec 2013	#24
Still miss him and Paul Wellstone	Lifelong Protester	Dec 2013	#8
We need to change the ways we fight, though.	merrily	Dec 2013	#17
+ 1 very broken hearted human.	truedelphi	Dec 2013	#40
I still mourn for Him!! Respect! Thanks for the reminder of who we are!	hue	Dec 2013	#11
The Day Bobby Died	rustbeltvoice	Dec 2013	#13
Catholicism also gave us the Dark Ages	Stainless	Dec 2013	#22
Unless you want to say that Catholicism caused the fall of the Roman Empire	Fortinbras Armstrong	Dec 2013	#45
well said.	truebluegreen	Dec 2013	#31
Ughhhhh....	SoapBox	Dec 2013	#20
and Massachusetts had three senators	rustbeltvoice	Dec 2013	#25
I know where that came from	underpants	Dec 2013	#28
Good thing that once the idea is out there, you can't kill it, though you can try killing all the	ancianita	Dec 2013	#21
I thought hate radio declared the Kennedy family were actually conservatives	Doctor_J	Dec 2013	#33
Not just hate radio. Mainstream media had my Mom convinced that JFK	Ace Acme	Dec 2013	#35
Well... he DID get us into Vietnam...	Scootaloo	Dec 2013	#36
We were already in Vietnam before JFK took office.	Ace Acme	Dec 2013	#37
Fair enough	Scootaloo	Dec 2013	#38
In December 1963, JFK had planned to start withdrawing troops from Vietnam	ailsagirl	Dec 2013	#43

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