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ColoringFool

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3. Some Might Argue That Vietnam** Was....Bi-Partisan.....

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 03:43 PM

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Ike sent military advisors. JFK upped the ante by adding Special Forces (Green Berets). Then LBJ really escalated the conflict.

I was in college, '67-'71, and a popular chant pre-Nixon was "Hey, Hey, LBJ! How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?"

Same with Afghanistan, as Obama added more troops to Bush's Folly.

**Yes, you did narrow your timeline to "35 years," so a conflict ending in 1974 doesn't "count." I just thought I'd mention it, its being the major military involvement of my generation.

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