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Stop_the_War (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 12:22 PM Original message |
The Vietnam war may have started under Johnson, BUT |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Eisenhower got us into Viet Nam |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 12:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Sadly, I'm not surprised. |
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lenidog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 12:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. If we play that game we could say that |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Nope. Eisenhower actually sent troops to train the VN |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Nope. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 05:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. we betrayed our wartime commitments to the viet minh |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. That is correct. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I think you're essentially correct |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 05:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Interesting point. |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Johnson didn't start Vietnam. |
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lenidog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. You can play that game for ever passing |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I was not "passing the buck", |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Johnson did not start vietnam |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. Huh? Johnson started Vietnam? Is that like Belushi's "...Germans |
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Stop_the_War (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 12:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. it was a response to that email |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 12:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Go to the library and check out some history books |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 01:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Oops. I didn't see you posted here but my post #14 challenge stands |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Here ya go |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. go rent "The Fog of war" it may clear up some things for you |
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Jesus Saves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. Democrats didn't start Vietnam |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. Don't run. Put the statement back and either show us where we're |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. Eisenhower "started" the war ...with the backing of Democrats. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. We need to read some history |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 02:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Thank you for your post. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 04:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Actually it started 20 years earlier. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 05:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. A common misconception. |
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sidwill (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'm not sure I get the point of this post |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 05:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yes, but ..... |
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