Thanks. McNamara was what I think of as criminally negligent when waging that war. He was an utter fool. Johnson was another fool. He has his top military advisers there, and instead of listening to their reasoning, he dismisses them as if they were juniors in high school, not even entered into the military academies yet.
A wise man could have said that their concerns were his concerns, but that he had to put more weight on the possible actions of China or Russia, then explain how he had to go a different direction than they desired.
In this manner, you allow your momentary adversary to save face and later become close again when you need them.
Johnson’s policy of running the war from the Oval Office was unworkable. It was sophomoric, stupid, and dangerous.
The Left always thinks they’ve got the bases covered when it comes to military action, and matters of state. Then you get the ‘Bay of Pigs’, Vietnam, Iran, Libya, Benghazi, and now Syria. The Democrat party can’t handle anything right.
Thanks for the link. It was well written.
Thank you.