[Jimmy Valentine]

No sale. JFK has already made a deal with the Russians on missles. The Russia and moved them out of Cuba and JFK moved ours out of Turkey.

The Chicoms were still recovering after Korea. They lost a million men along with the NORKS in the Gen. Matthew Ridgway's "meatgrinder". They supplied weapons etc. but it was a Vietnamese show.

McNamara's arrogance along with his acolytes (I know a couple)made hims over rule people who really knew what they were doing.

He and Johnson made a devilish combination, and killed a lot ofour people.

[bruinbirdman]

The nation backed our efforts in Nam.

Since the commies have been in charge of revising U.S. history, that's about all we've heard for 40 years.

Korea still had 150K troops
Rooskies still consolidating their enslavement of East Europe
Berlin Wall, Aug 1961
Cuba Missile Crisis Oct. 1962

Kennedy Assination Nov 1963
Commies pushing all over SE Asia
ChiCom Nuke test 1964.

Reasoned response seamed reasonable.

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