Jack Kennedy at 96: The torch is passed...

[Octafish]

8. Eisenhower backed France to the hilt in Vietnam.

Even going back on his word to abide by the United Nations agreement for a united North and South plebiscite to determine the nation's fate.

On the recommendation of the Pentagon and his military advisors, Kennedy upped the number of "advisors" in-country, all of whom were volunteers. Unlike his successors LBJ and Nixon, Kennedy said no draftees would be sent to fight in Vietnam.

Kennedy ordered ALL U.S. armed forces out of the country by the end of 1965, as made clear by National Security Action Memorandum 263. A week after JFK was assassinated, LBJ reversed course and ordered all the assistance the government of South Vietnam needed in NSAM 273.

You most likely are correct about LBJ helping JFK win in 1960, graham4anything. As for Vietnam, LBJ gave the Military Industrial Complex the war they wanted.

One thing I know for certain, had Nixon won, the course of history would have been very different and this world would not be the same.