[ansel12]

When JFK was starting the Vietnam war, he sent in 16,000 troops, I don’t recall the Wash Post ever calling them “combat troops”.

[Mouton]

When JFK was starting the Vietnam war, he sent in 16,000 troops, I don’t recall the Wash Post ever calling them “combat troops”.

No, they were advisors. Today they can send in a LBG unit
and call them diversity advocates.