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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMore wisdom from Vietnam....
We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.
Lyndon B. Johnson
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More wisdom from Vietnam.... (Original Post)
catnhatnh
Sep 2013
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CanonRay
(16,171 posts)1. Ding! We have a winner
I knew all this horseshit sounded vaguely familiar. 50,000 dead later....
Scuba
(53,475 posts)2. Good intentions?
He's was convinced against his instincts. Which is a shame.
jsr
(7,712 posts)4. And who used chemical warfare in Vietnam?


catnhatnh
(8,976 posts)6. Your Photos? N/T
Octafish
(55,745 posts)5. But, he did.
And he lied America into doing so -- or let lies sway him (take a pick).
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB132/