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In reply to the discussion: What if JFK, MLK and RFK had lived? [View all]SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)32. The Vietnam war would have never happened ..
My uncle would probably still be living.He was drafted sent to Vietnam killed there in 1966.He was 19.They never sent his body home cause he not only was shot to death he drowned in the river.They sent his uniform home and his personal belongings.My mother and him were very close just a year apart.When I got older I would see her reading his letters from Nam and hoping this war would be over and how scared he was.He wanted to come home.My mother would read those letters and cry then she would start drinking to deal with the pain of losing him.Damn now she's gone.
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Your post made me cry for your uncle, your mother and for you. I do want to point out, though,
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#37
It's pretty clear JFK was going to pull out. He signed NSAM 263, ordering complete withdrawal.
Octafish
Dec 2012
#44
NSAM 263, as I understand it, was conditioned upon success by the puppets
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#48
If JFK, RFK, and MLK had lived and had been able to follow through with their visions
Lydia Leftcoast
Dec 2012
#7
I agree completely they would have changed history add one more name Jerry Litton from Missouri.
gordianot
Dec 2012
#17
MLK (advocate of non-violent change and economic justice) and RFK (advocate of peace and
Lydia Leftcoast
Dec 2012
#26
I posted this a while ago regarding this very subject (at least as far as the Kennedys go) . . . .
HughBeaumont
Dec 2012
#35
This wasn't done by some cabal...this was done by corporate America in plain view
Taverner
Dec 2012
#42