OzOne wrote in message ...
On 9 Nov 2004 09:24:08 -0600, Dave scribbled
thusly:

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 21:19:43 +1100, OzOne said:

Yep, Dave, you apparently don't have any clue!

So, Oz, you also think Johnson started the Vietnam war?

Nope, AFAIK Johnson DID start the war.

Kennedy had about 16,000 military advisors in Vietnam when he was
assasinated.

I suppose it depends on your point of view. I view it as a continuation
of
the war between NV and the French dating from the partition of the
country
after WWII. I recall seeing the newsreels in the theater when I was a kid
showing the fighting, and later the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu
(sp?). It was Eisenhower who coined, or at least popularized, the
so-called
domino theory. He was the first to put U.S. troops in, though supposedly
as
"advisers." The U.S. involvement increased under Kennedy, and, as you
say,
massively increased under Johnson. But saying Johnson "started" the war
is a
bit like saying WWII started with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.


Of course, I was looking at the chain of events from a US perspective
....It wasn't a war until we got involved... ;-)


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

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