03-09-2013, 03:13 AM
Jim DiEugenio Wrote:As Michael Morrisey has written, the two biggest lies about the second half of the 20th century are
1.Oswald shot Kennedy
2. LBJ continued Kennedy's Vietnam policy.
I will be adding a third lie at the Wecht conference:
3. JFK was a Cold Warrior.
The last two were political camouflage to protect the first.
Jim,
You make a great point and we know JFK was of the mind of leaving Vietnam for the most part by the end of 1965. We see this in NSAM 263 and there is no reason to believe he was going change his mind as we see in NSAM 273. This brings up another point, why was NSAM 273 started on 11/21/63 when JFK was alive when it clearly stated things he was not in support of? This is troubling and again illustrates knowledge of the changes to come very soon.
JFK was of the mind that the South Vietmanese should learn to take over the duties themselves. He did not feel we should be there for the long haul.