On 11 Aug 2004 02:27:49 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

And would you like to tell us which right wing president drug us into
that mess to support the right wing dictators???



Sure.

Eisenhower's Letter of Support to Ngo Dinh Diem, October 23, 1954.

Uh-huh - and how deep did he involve us compared to his next two
successors???

And would you like to tell us which right wing president drug us into
that mess to support the right wing dictators???



Sure.

Eisenhower's Letter of Support to Ngo Dinh Diem, October 23, 1954.

Uh-huh - and how deep did he involve us compared to his next two
successors???


That's a separate question. Posing that second question does not change the
answer to the first. Ike was the president who made a commitment to defend
South Viet Nam- therefore it can be accurately and fairly stated that a "right
wing" president initiated our involvement there. We already had "advisors" on
the ground when Kennedy took office in January of 1961.