[dfwgator]

JFK primarily wanted to go into Vietnam because of its Catholic backround. He saw, and rightly so, Ho Chi Minh as a threat to Catholic domination in one of the few Catholic countries in Asia.

[Alberta's Child]

JFK primarily wanted to go into Vietnam because of its Catholic backround.

You've got to be kidding me. JFK didn't give a damn about his own Catholicism, so I have a hard time believing that this had anything to do with the U.S. involvement in southeast Asia.