President Johnson
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« on: January 03, 2019, 12:42:56 PM » |
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Very difficult to answer. Vietnam would have been under Hanoi's control by 1966 or 1967. LBJ could have accomplished even more domestically, but he may be blamed for being weak in communism. Like Truman was blamed for the loss of China. I'm not sure though whether he would have run again 1968 since Lady Bird was pressing him to retire for health reasons.
However, the Domino Theory was fully nonsense. Communism would have not spread further in Asia because of Vietnam.
But obviously he should have done so. Vietnam was his biggest mistake. If we could just cancel it out, he'd rank just below FDR and Lincoln among scholars.
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