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Originally Posted by offshoredrilling
problem, not counting MIA in Nam, 0 Americans left behind
or google lie on my search which is a maybe
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I suppose you have to define "left behind"! Because not all of the U.S. personnel left "the area" .... did "Google" tell you how many U.S. personnel were IN VN or adjacent to it when Kennedy was inaugurated?
Right now is not a really time timeline on which to drag up the Vietnam experience, which followed the Korean experience. On a high level the Gulf of Tonkin resolution was founded upon a lie fabricated by LBJ to increase his authority to inject more military presence and activity. The alleged attack on U.S. ships didn't happen. When it was reported initially I thought it was "strange" to say the least.
There was a lot of lying about the VN activity .... not only John Kerry, but the media.
That's the only similarity with Afghanistan. Lots of lying currently. The current administration!