TLDR Trump loosed the dogs of war, screwed the pooch, and now gets to eat a dogshit sandwich. He won on day one and lost everything. Iran's regime literally changed — new Supreme Leader, wartime mandate, unified population — and the US is still bombing...
b) Fuck Nixon, but Eisenhower deserves the blame for Vietnam (admittedly one of the reasons he did that was because he thought it would give him political cover to shut McCarthyism down, but still)
Nixon continuing horrible foreign policy doesn’t absolve him. Also he conspired with Hanoi to sabotage LBJ which is straight up treason and extended the war another five years
Eisenhower sent a small number of “advisors.” JFK sent more. The big escalation happened under Johnson, who was furious at how the Pentagon outmaneuvered him.
a) This headline forgets W losing Afghanistan
b) Fuck Nixon, but Eisenhower deserves the blame for Vietnam (admittedly one of the reasons he did that was because he thought it would give him political cover to shut McCarthyism down, but still)
Also Trump losing Afghanistan
Nixon continuing horrible foreign policy doesn’t absolve him. Also he conspired with Hanoi to sabotage LBJ which is straight up treason and extended the war another five years
Oh, c’mon. Next you’ll be telling me Reagan conspired with Iran to sabotage Carter!
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Eisenhower sent a small number of “advisors.” JFK sent more. The big escalation happened under Johnson, who was furious at how the Pentagon outmaneuvered him.