Doug,

Do you have a problem comprehending English? I said LBJ "escalated the war.

As far as your other comment about Truman, Truman did provide financial
assistance to the French and provided a few military advisors (35 in 1950)
to help train the Vietnamese troops, but it was the French-Indochina War
until May, 1954. Truman's presidency ended before the French had withdrawn
from Vietnam.

Please turn on the lights.


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"John Smith" wrote in message
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Harry are you talking about those bunch of scared kids who were
surrounded
by 1000's of anger protestor throwing rocks and bottles? Unfortunately
a
small group of the guardsmen feeling in danger of their life, freaked
out
and shot into the crowd trying to disperse the angry students.

You should not be angry at the guardsmen, you should be upset at LBJ who
sent young Americans to an war that we could never win. If LBJ had not
escalated the war, the protestors would not have threaten the guardsmen,
and
the guardsmen would have been home with their family.

You do seem to make a habit of placing the blame on the wrong people.

Here we go again: Lights on, nobody home. Truman authorized the war in
Vietnam.