[mylife]

It was fear of communism, which came from JFK.
LBJ effed it all up.

[ealgeone]

I’d say the fear of Communism went back further than JFK.

[hinckley buzzard]

It was containment of communism which began as a foreign policy in 1948 following the “long telegram.”

[Mastador1]

America was in a recession in 60-61 and war is always good for the economy. Ike and Nixon warned Kennedy and Lyndon Blow Job about the dangers of Vietnam, especially after the French were driven out.