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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: rich4eagle who wrote (169200)8/9/2001 8:43:24 AM
From: H-Man  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
Viet Nam issue was started in the fifties with the French and they gave up and we entered.

Nope. The French gave up after they were defeated at Dien Bien Phu, where IKE would not intervene with US Forces.

gosh man read.

I do think JFK would have handled it better than LBJ. He would have either commited the forces necessary, or got the hell out. I think the former, given his demonstrated willingness to stand up to the Soviets.
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