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Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan
So the question begs, how was the invasion really different than what the US is trying to do now. And my real question is how does Bush get raked over the coals, when Kennedy gets a free pass for his actions?
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Depends who you talk to.
I know one of my history profs thought that Kennedy did not want to go to war and would always try to put the minimum # of troops in the region when his generals kept asking for more.
Vietnam was a weird situation in general because there really wasn't a specific incident in the beginning, but just a gradual escalation of forces and then turned into a war.
Huge back story with France and all their involvement. The US was really only there in the first place to bail them out. It was just a complete mess.