“Thank you, Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara.”
Don’t leave out JFK.
He managed to get RSVN President Diem assassinated in November 1963 leaving Vietnam rudderless and unable to form a stable government, much less to defend itself.
This played a big role in LBJ’s decision to send in American combat troops.
Interesting about Diem’s assassination, the same month that JFK himself was killed, 3 weeks later.
Enlisted 68 as 22yo. 108thMI Newark.