13-02-2017, 09:08 PM
The Washington Post is wrong also.
Kennedy wanted Halberstam displaced at that time because Halberstam was an advocate of Jean Paul Vann, the American advisor who wanted Kennedy to commit combat troops to Vietnam.
JFK tried to thwart them both since he was dead set against that policy. The media does not note that Halberstam did a reversal on the issue when he started writing his book and understood that Vann was wrong.
Neil Sheehan was also an advocate of Vann along with Halberstam. He also wanted American combat troops in theater. Except it took him longer to understand that Vann was wrong than it did with Halberstam.
BTW, neither of those two clowns--Sheehan or Halberstam--would ever admit that Vann was wrong and JFK was right. Even after the Pentagon Papers were published with a chapter on JFK's withdrawal plan.
Kennedy wanted Halberstam displaced at that time because Halberstam was an advocate of Jean Paul Vann, the American advisor who wanted Kennedy to commit combat troops to Vietnam.
JFK tried to thwart them both since he was dead set against that policy. The media does not note that Halberstam did a reversal on the issue when he started writing his book and understood that Vann was wrong.
Neil Sheehan was also an advocate of Vann along with Halberstam. He also wanted American combat troops in theater. Except it took him longer to understand that Vann was wrong than it did with Halberstam.
BTW, neither of those two clowns--Sheehan or Halberstam--would ever admit that Vann was wrong and JFK was right. Even after the Pentagon Papers were published with a chapter on JFK's withdrawal plan.