To: notpoliticallycorewrecked
JFK didn't get us started in Vietnam
19 posted on
02/08/2004 1:36:57 PM PST by
Leatherneck_MT
(Good night Chesty, wherever you may be.)
To: Leatherneck_MT
Eisenhower did. But Kennedy greatly increased our force of advisers and conspired in the killing of the Diem brothers. After the coup, our military puppets were unable to rule the country, so Johnson had to pump 550,000 men into the country to keep the Commies from taking over.
43 posted on
02/08/2004 8:59:27 PM PST by
RobbyS
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