"RCE" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"RCE" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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Great! The suits who invented the domino theory knew by the late
1960s that it was nonsense, and that's what the entire war was based
on. All presidents are the target of various so-called scholars and
shmexperts. Many of us figured out early on that the North Vietnamese
were not going to burn their way through the south and invade
Australia next. Do you remember this nonsense?



Doug, you are chanting a typical shallow and simplistic post mortem of a
very complex set of circumstances, alliances, and political commitments
that took place over many years, mired also in corruption. In the end
it came down to justifying the continuance of policies that weren't
working or were no longer purposeful.
If you simply believe it was all based on the "domino" theory, then it
was you that was duped.

RCE


Like the other two personal wars, it was based on weak presidents who
succumbed to bad advice, thus demonstrating their complete inability to
manage and think for themselves.


So, as it relates to Vietnam, your list of weak Presidents must include:

Harry S Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kenney
Lyndon Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald Ford

and, then, to make everything "ok"

Jimmy Carter.

RCE


And, while we are at it, we should also add to your list the countries of:

Australia
France
Great Britain
New Zealand
Pakistan
the Philippines
Thailand

all of whom signed the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) in 1954
under the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty along with the US.

RCE