My overriding concern was that Communism failed and Democracy prevailed and that whoever gets in power does as we tell them but the Vietnam War has become a bit of a sore point for America but they should think about the good things that the war gave us, films like Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket and the theme from The Deer Hunter.
It is often painted as a defeat for America and the 2 million civilian deaths are often quoted by the goddamn pinko liberal faggots but our intelligence indicates that those houses were full of highly-trained crack civilians trained to speak Vietnamese fluently and utterly dedicated to opposing all forms of American military action on their families, houses and farms.
Our intelligence also indicated that many of the civilian children were single mindedly intent on growing up into becoming totally Vietnamese civilians and becoming farmers, accountants and plumbers in direct opposition to American interests in the area.
We were also acting within strict accordance with the Geneva Convention which states any country can do anything it goddamn pleases and then quote humanitarian intervention afterwards to justify it, which is exactly what we did.
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That may be your impression, but when American's think of LBJ they think of civil rights for blacks, segregation of schools, creation of welfare, government housing, and then Vietnam. Yes, LBJ escalated, but JFK got us their first when the French bailed out...
ooooops desegregation of schools
As with all American Presidents, It’s all about the foreign policy over here.
I understand. I don't know the numbers, but I'm sure there were lots of Brit casualties in the Vietnam war...
I'd say the same thing about Brit leaders except I can't remember UK leaders having any significant international policy.
Great troops for sure. A dearth of significant policy leaders though...
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