Whatever. Lyndon Johnson did a great deal more tangible things. All this "what might have been" stuff with JFK is a lot of nonsense. I've read many many history books and I've seen nothing to indicate that JFK was on the verge of getting us out of Vietnam. There were discussions about the viability of the Vietnam mission before the October 1963 killing of Diem, which was supported by Kennedy, but never were there serious discussions of getting out of Vietnam. Kennedy always tried to outflank the right wingers on fighting Communism. He was not about to hand them that issue. The way JFK has been deified is disgusting.
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