President Lydon B. Johnson sent this secretary of defense to Vietnam on a fact finding mission.?
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B Robert McNamara, then later promoted him to President of the World Bank to get rid of him. No longer liked his stance on Vietnam.
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He also visited on a trip that began on April 15, 1959. He met with several prominent individuals, including Vice President Nixon at the White House.
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Rolling Thunder was the "progressive" bombing of North Vietnam for the most part by tactical aircraft. F-4s, F-5s, A-6s went against targets, mostly chosen by or controlled by the politicians. It wasn't until Linebacker that we got down and dirty up north. The B-52s were within weeks of getting Uncle Ho to quit. General Vo Nguyen Giap is supposed to have said as much.
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U.S. involvement in Vietnam did not begin in the 1960's or even the 1940's, but in 1845. That's right -- 1845. In that year the people of Da Nang arrested a French missionary bishop for breaking local laws. The U.S. commander of "Old Ironsides" (the U.S.S. Constitution) landed U.S. Navy and Marines in support of French efforts to reclaim their missionary. Mad Jack Percival, the ship's captain, fired into the city of Da Nang, killing 3 dozen Vietnamese, wounding more, and taking the local mandarins hostage. He then demanded that the Catholic Bishop be freed in exchange for his hostages. The Vietnamese were unimpressed. They refused his demand and waited. "Mad Jack" got tired of waiting, released his hostages, and sailed away leaving the Bishop behind.\n\nDuring WW11, US and Vietnam fought against the Japanese. After the end of World war, Ho Chi Minh asked the Americans to honor their commitment to independence, citing the Atlantic Charter and the U.N. Charter on self-determination.\nHowever, by the end of the war, the U.S. government had begun to redirect its foreign policy from the wartime goal of the liberation of all occupied countries and colonies to the postwar anti-communist crusade, which became the Cold War. \nAmerican policy supported General Charles de Gaulle and his anti-communist "Free French." De Gaulle aimed to restore the glory of France, which meant the return of all former French colonies. U.S. relations with the Vietnamese turned sour. President Truman refused to answer letters or cables from Ho. Instead, the U.S. began to ship military aid to the French forces in Indochina.\nAccording to international agreement, Vietnam was to be temporarily divided into north and south, with free elections to take place nationwide in 1956. Even before the French were out, the U.S. was moving in.\n\nFrom there on the US involvement in Vietnam increased and so called vietnam war started.
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http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/vm.html\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam\n\nTry these..Hope it helps..
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I've heard this story, but I'm not sure that it's true. In the following it's attributed to Johnnie Phelps.\n\nA portion of a web page (http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/filmfacts.html) follows: \nIn the second false segment "Johnnie" (Nell Louise) Phelps claims to have served as a medic in the South Pacific. She says: "You did what had to be done. Changed bandages. Gave medicine. As a medic you did everything. Go pick 'em up and bring 'em in if you had to....it was scary all the time." \n\nA review of her Army record shows that Phelps served only in the Continental United States during the war. She was a radio mechanic assigned to Langley Field, VA. During World War II WAAC/WAC served in many medical specialties, but they did not serve as medics. \n\nIn a third false segment, Phelps states: "I was assigned to Headquarters Company in Frankfurt. I worked for Eisenhower. One morning...he called me in....President Truman had decided that there shouldn’t be any gays or lesbians in the military, so he signed an executive order to get rid of ‘em....he wanted me to go and find out who they were....I thought about it for two or three seconds and I said, "Sir! If the General pleases. I’ll be glad to get you this list, but...I'm going to be first on it." And this secretary that was taking his notes said: "Sir...Sergeant Phelps may be second on it, but I have to type it, and I'll be first." So he said "Forget the order." This conversation could not have occurred because General Eisenhower left Germany in November 1945. He became the Army Chief of Staff on December 1, 1945. He was based in Washington D.C. when Phelps was serving in Germany.
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We gotta remember what this is all about really... Joe Wilson  was supposed to do the investigation into Niger's supposed uranium sales to Saddam, this was done at the request of the vice president's office. Wilson told the truth that the whole idea was a sham designed to build up reasons to invade the helpless Iraqis.  When Wilson failed, the Neo-cons outed his wife as punishment for disobeying.  After that, Cheney traveled repeatedly to the CIA during 2002. More than any other vice-president has EVER, basically to muscle those leftover after Plamegate to tow the line that Iraq had WMDs..All a lie, all a sham and Wilson is a patriot for telling the truth.  If only the troops had such courage, to stand up agains this lie, this sham of a war that they are fighting.  Only then could America have a restored honor, only then would the uniform mean something again.
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well you're right in your case "a liberation from earth" but I think that Bush has finally realized that we are really over there for no reason anymore.  We talked about this in class it is just like the Vietnam "conflict", were over there and invaded them but now, how do we leave? Nixon and LBJ didn't know and big surprise Bush doesn't either.  So our guys are over there fighting ghosts.
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In order to allow the USA to leave the Vietnam War in 1973 and hopefully get Americans minds off of Watergate, the US agreed to drop the cases of approximately 1500 servicemen believed to be alive and held in Laos. The United States unilaterally changed the designation from Missing in Action to Dead. There has been very little political will on the part of the US government and very little ability to mobilize public support for this cause, in part because there have been some very embarrassing and some even dishonest people who have been part of the public relations (money has gone to people other than what was intended, there was a reported trade in information on persons known to be killed, etc). There has also been a reported rift between the veterans' and the POW/MIA movements that might have been started by the government to trivialize both parties' concerns.
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Jane Fonda. She actually went to Vietnam and got a prisoner mained and crippled for life. She agreed to take nothing out of the prison, and smuggled out a slip of paper with the truth on it. She then betrayed the prisoner who gave her the paper, without reading it, by giving it to a Vietnamese commander.
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Cause:  Political greed and personal paranoia on behalf of President Nixon, (who has never been credited with ending the Vietnam war, and opening relations with china).\n\nEffect:  Overzealous prosecution for protecting his political friends for lying about a crime that was petty in nature.  It all ended when he was prosecuted by congress, and with dignity, resigned his elected office.
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I find it rather interesting that John Kerry said what he did.  He is constantly trying imply that Pres. Bush isn't very smart, but if you use Mr. Kerry's measuring stick.  John Kerry was the one that ended up in Vietnam, not Pres. Bush.  Does that mean that Mr. Kerry was stupid, didn't work hard, and couldn't find any other way to make a living?  Pres. Bush seems to be the more intelligent one if Mr. Kerry is to be believed.
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The whole story\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_Defense
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He was able to get in Air Force One and leave Vietnam.\n\nIraq  is proving to be a little trickier!
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Hate to tell you Navy Officer, there were no insurgents in Iraq bedore we got there.\n\nAnd your pious attitude about the death of American Soldiers for illigeyimate reasons is sickening. Pick up a rifle my man and jump on a land mine.\n\nAnd your Vietnam statements are even worse. I didn't see you there! Nixon Withdrew the troops.\n\nSource:\n15th Field Artillery Regiment\nWWI WW2 Korea Vietnam\nPanama Bosnia Iraq\nVietnam War Timeline\n"An individual's political beliefs depend on when\nhe became politically aware."\nAUTHOR UNKNOWN\n\n1970 - War Powers - By the time Congress learned that the naval incident leading to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964) had been misrepresented and moved to repeal the resolution in 1970, President Nixon had already shifted to another legal rationale -- his constitutional powers as "Commander in Chief" -- for his Vietnam policies. In its 1969 "national commitments" resolution, the Senate made a bid to reassert a congressional voice in decisions committing the US to the defense of foreign countries. The House passed war-powers measures in 1970, 1971 and 1972.\n27 Jan 73 - Official end of the Vietnam War.   Between 27 Jan and 29 Mar 73, a total of 587 military and civilian prisoners were released by the North Vietnamese, and during that same period, 23,500 US troops were withdrawn from South Vietnam\n29 Mar 73 - 67 more US P.O.W.'s were freed in Hanoi. The same day, the US withdrew its remaining 2,500 troops from South Vietnam. This date also marked the actual end of military involvement in Vietnam.\n10 May 73 - Due to continued bombing of Laos and Cambodia, the House voted (219-188) for the first time to cut-off Indochina funds\n31 May 73 - The Senate took strong action prohibiting the use of any funds appropriated by Congress to be used for combat activities in Laos or Cambodia\n7 Nov 73 - War Powers Act - Congress dealt President Nixon a stunning setback when it voted to override his veto of legislation limiting presidential powers to commit US forces abroad without congressional approval.   Congress, with the Vietnam War and the showdown over continued bombing in Cambodia behind it, was anxious to reassert its role in the conduct of the country's foreign affairs"\n\nYou have no idea of the total mess we have made in Iraq and in the world community.
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Alot of info. you are wanting... Vietnam combat -yes 1965 president L.B.J. (Johnson), a democrat. Korean conflict (War) started under under Truman, a democrat (the first part of this question is unclear). Troops were pulled out of Korea in 1953 under Eisenhower. The Spanish-American war was actually the 19Th century, began in 1898 and ended about a year later. Intelligent questions deserve intelligent answers. deserving of points?
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The theory that Lyndon B. Johnson was involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy is among one of the top accepted theories. As Vice-President at the time of the assination Johnson had much to gain with the death of Kennedy. It was also under wide speculation during that time that Kennedy was planning to drop Johnson during the next election because he was a liability. Also, prior to Kennedy's death Johnson was the subject of four major criminal investigations involving government contract violations, misappropriation of funds, money laundering and bribery. All of these "disappeared" after November 22nd.