Pierre Asselin
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first heard Apr 2025
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When you look at World War I, right, the sinking of the Lusitania, oh, it's not carrying contraband.
It was carrying contraband.
1898, the Spanish-American War, they blew up the main.
They didn't blow up the main.
You know, the War of 1812, right?
The British are doing all this stuff.
Well, they're not doing it anymore by the time the war breaks out.
So there's kind of a long history of presidents getting the wars they want on the basis of any premise.
So if we make a big deal of Vietnam in a way, right, the way the war begins, it's a very American way of starting wars.
And as you point out, right, I mean, technically, as of 64, the world is going America's way.
So acting tough, and even if it results in kind of an increase in the American military commitment to Vietnam, that's perfectly fine because it's going to make Johnson look good.
It's going to help him win the presidency.
And then at the same time, it's going to give South Vietnam a chance to get its act together.
I think that's an element that we fail to acknowledge, right?
As Johnson had cautioned in the aftermath of the overthrow of President Diem, South Vietnam is a mess.
So for the U.S.
to kind of stand tall in Vietnam, at a minimum, suggest and signal to the North that, listen, we're ready for you guys.
All of this will buy time for the South to consolidate itself by acting as a break, perhaps, on North Vietnamese ambitions in the South.
For Johnson, this was extremely important because now essentially there's congressional buy-in, right?
Again, going back to Korea, Johnson was concerned that without congressional support, you know, Vietnam could become Johnson's war.
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