Reagan beat LBJ. Don't anyone dare claim this is a left-wing forum again.
Well, the Vietnam war matters to people, you know.
Because diehard pacifist Reagan would never have got us into this mess, amirite? 
Of course he would have. But the fact is that LBJ was the one who did it, not Reagan.
Every President's actions must be judged in context. Yes, LBJ escalated Vietnam and that proved to be a terrible decision in hindsight, but what people forget is that any other politician at the time would have done pretty much the same. I don't see why LBJ should bear a particular blame for having been around at the time when this happened.
I hope you judge George W. Bush and his invasion of Iraq in the same way. Oh wait, you won't... And no, not ANY other politician would have done the same. You're literally justifiying the actions of a war criminal by (falsely) arguing that "any other politician would have done the same".
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