14-06-2013, 07:46 PM
In that regard, in Virtual JFK, its revealed that Johnson tried to get McNamara to say that he really did not mean the stuff about announcing the thousand man withdrawal by Christmas.
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Now, if you read Newman you will see that not only did Kennedy make a big deal about this but he also told McNamara that he wanted everyone out by 1965. ANd he then added, "And that means the helicopter pilots too."
In other words, LBJ was deliberately trying to distort Kennedy's record as he understood he was breaking with it. I mean does it get any worse than that?
ANd that quack Halberstam fell for it.
LOL
Now, if you read Newman you will see that not only did Kennedy make a big deal about this but he also told McNamara that he wanted everyone out by 1965. ANd he then added, "And that means the helicopter pilots too."
In other words, LBJ was deliberately trying to distort Kennedy's record as he understood he was breaking with it. I mean does it get any worse than that?
ANd that quack Halberstam fell for it.