LBJ was bullied into VietNam war same way they are bullying Obama now...

[Octafish]

48. Wisdom.

The guy knew how to play the game. In public, a sage and statesman. In private, one of the guys Smedley Butler wrote about. As JFK's roving ambassador at large, he may have been the mother ship for all the loose cannons, like the little known John Michael Dunn.

You know I treasure your wisdom, H20 Man. I very much appreciate the perspective of your father, who helped make you the way you are. His understanding of the politics of Vietnam -- what was seldom, if ever, addressed by the US news media -- has been proven true by the years. Four years after the fall of South Vietnam and the unification, China and Vietnam went to war over their border -- several times, as a quick visit to Wiki helped remind me.

Our family tree, too, stands on roots that come from various parts of the political soil; its branches head to various parts of the political sky. One of my grandfather's distant cousins was an ambassador to Vietnam in those years. I disagree with his position, but know he held his views as a patriot. He was loyal to the country.