"Thanks for the facts.
You just performed a great service."
I'm always amazed in the number of people who have no clue
how, why and who got us 1st involved in the Viet Nam War.
I personally have spoken to US Vets,
who were there in the 50's,
under Eisenhower and Nixon,
who were NOT allowed
(actually ordered)
to carry loaded weapons
and had to rely on the South Vietnamese Army
to protect them.
Don't misuderstand me, Kennedy and Johnson,
were no better than Eisenhower and Nixon.
Johnson and Nixon have almost an even
number of the 58,000 + Names on The Wall
Then Nixon decided to "cut and run"
to get the US out.
Thank God President Bush has vowed
that tis will not happen on his watch!
Neither of us should be amazed at the vast numbers who believe that either Eisenhower, Johnson or Nixon are responsible for Vietnam. Truth is there is enough responsibility to go around.
"Containment" of communism started with Truman.
I am frequently just too damn lazy to go back and regurgitate the facts to those who really don't want to know anyway.
Need extra doses of encouragement from true conservatives these days.
Good job.
The Congress forced Nixon to cut and run as far as I understand. Watergate gave them the upper hand. Sadly that cut and run lead to Cambodia.