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DDonde · 31-35, M
I have no idea how he would've handled Vietnam, tbh. I think that neither Johnson nor Kennedy wanted to have troop presence in Vietnam, but they couldn't withdraw forces while there was a Communist threat there. It wasn't politically viable for the Democrats to let South Vietnam collapse to a Communist regime. That's how I have interpreted it.
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@DDonde Five consecutive US presidents escalated our involvement in Vietnam. Geopolitical imperatives have powerful momentum of their own.