Pierre Asselin
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first heard Apr 2025
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That's the purpose.
It's checks and balances.
And in that one document, Congress basically announces to the American people and to the world that from now on, it's essentially President Johnson who decides.
That's exactly it, right?
And again, it's one of those aspects that doesn't change whether you agree with it or not.
For the sake of your own political survival, you go along because it's politically expedient to do so.
Everything he does, in a way, is kind of consistent with what previous American administrations have done.
He continues the commitment.
I always show my students this graph that talks about the American presence in Vietnam.
And Don, it's this perfect bell-shaped curve.
You know, it's amazing because everything is consistent with itself.
Right.
And that's why I'm a firm believer that however it turned out.
And looking back, it's easy to say that the U.S.
should have never gotten involved in Vietnam.
I just don't see how Johnson could have somehow ended this or even Kennedy before him and survived politically.
Because, you know, again, at the time, everyone was kind of on board.
And, you know, the Cold War is really important.
And as of 64, 65, a lot of things are going right for the United States.
You know, in 65, the Indonesian communist movement is completely crushed.
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