29-07-2012, 08:32 PM
I think it's obvious that Kennedy's Sept 1963 statement to David Brinkley that South VietNam was prone to the domino theory and must be held to stop the tide in Southeast Asia was his way of placating the right while doing back-channel negotiations with Khrushchev that would have prevented the need for any last stand in VietNam. Obviously JFK thought that defusing the Cold War was a better solution than hopeless war in VietNam. In fact this public endorsement of holding VietNam while privately making moves for negotiation and NSAM 263 withdrawal was perfect evidence that the right-wingers and war-mongers in power thought Kennedy betrayed them and was therefore legally executable as a "traitor". It all makes perfect sense in this context.
Don't look at what Kennedy says, look at what he does. What he did was withdrawal.
Don't look at what Kennedy says, look at what he does. What he did was withdrawal.