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To: maceng2 who wrote (39510)	8/22/2002 5:14:22 PM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 281500

Here is another possibly appropriate quote from that link (re: after bumping off Saddam) "the most shocking thing was that we faced an utter political vacuum in South Vietnam and had no basis for proceeding on any course compatible with U.S. objectives." Yep I could see that possibly happening in the ME...a political power vacuum. So the USA plus "supporting allies" have a solution for that potential problem? Just wondering. in his book he claims that he was on vacation when the idea first surfaced yep, wars don't seem to observe the normal rules of allowing vacations etc.

To: maceng2 who wrote (39510)	8/22/2002 5:24:12 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

From that archive, President Kennedy did not want to send troops to Vietnam. President Kennedy's last public comments on Vietnam came at a news conference on November 14, when he asked rhetorically, "Are we going to give up in South Vietnam?" He answered his own question by saying, "The most important program, of course, is our national security, but I don't want the United States to have to put troops there." Earlier, at the same press conference, in answer to the question "Would you give us your appraisal of the situation in South Vietnam now, since the coup, and the purposes for the Honolulu conference?" he replied: "The purpose of the meeting at Honolulu...is to attempt to assess the situation: what American policy should be, and what our aid policy should be, how we can intensify the struggle, how we can bring Americans out of there. Now, that is our object, to bring Americans home, permit South Vietnamese to maintain themselves as a free and independent country