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H2O Man

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28. Vietnam

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 06:52 PM

Jun 6

There is a good book, "Vietnam: A History of Documents" that shows the US involvement started under Truman, who was supporting the French effort to regain control of the country after WW2. Truman said that "yellow people were not ready for democracy." Ike expanded the number of "military advisors" after the 1954 defeat of the French in Dien Bien Phu. The Geneva Accords then divided the country into the north and south, to avoid Ho from winning a national election. Then came JFK, and then LBJ. Then Nixon. So both parties played a role.

There is reason to believe that Kennedy was going to end direct involvement if he was re-elected, but that obviously didn't happen.

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