>>My point was that we invaded Iraq under false pretenses, which I do not believe was the case in Viet Nam. You seem to be making a different argument, that the consequences of the Viet Nam war were worse. That I agree with.
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>>Why did you pick the year 1976?
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>Church committee hearings, Carter elected, post-Vietnam reassessment of US position in the world leading to

...aiding financially, materially and morally any thugs which would provoke...

>...Soviet invasion of Afghanistan ...

...so that they'd be saddled with their own Vietnam. See Brzezinsky's interview with Le Nouvel Observateur of January 1998 (translation at http://emperors-clothes.com/interviews/brz.htm). These thugs then turned into the taliban regime, etc etc.

>When it comes to flat out lying to the public, Bush and Cheney are amateurs compared to LBJ. He was truly the master.

Not only on the scale - but more on the skill. What he orchestrated didn't come out as false until years ago; these two amateurs are debunked within weeks and must employ about 400W amps per seat to deafen everyone with repetition of their rap.