If it weren't for Democrats, the following wars would have been avoided...

[JonKoch]

Roosevelt made promises to keep us out of the war, promises he never intended to keep. He should have been honest, and said that if Adolph Hitler started trouble in Europe, the United States would get involved. Had Roosevelt done simply that, World War II might have been avoided, at least the European part of it.

Yeah. FDR was a terrible president. Only always rated in the top three of all presidents on polls.
Reagan never was.
Suck on that..

Hindsight dufuss

It was a good decision. We had no reason to be stationing troops in Lebanon at that time.

 

[Blackrook]

Well, if you are going to play that game, the Vietnam War began under Republican Eisenhower.

No it didn't, it started under JFK.

"In February 1954, President Eisenhower refused to commit American troops to the Franco-Vietnamese War. In a press conference he stated, "I cannot conceive of a greater tragedy for America than to get heavily involved now in an all-out war in any of those regions." By April, however, his administration revisited the question of direct intervention in the war. Though he sent no U.S. troops to the region, he authorized military aid to the French. After France surrendered to the Viet Minh, Eisenhower's administration aided anti-communist leader Ngo Dinh Diem in consolidating power in Saigon. Throughout his second term as president, Eisenhower remained committed to Diem's often-tyrannical regime.





"

That is not direct intervention. This is:
Start reading at Aug. 26, 1963 up to Kennedy's assassination.
The History Place - Vietnam War 1961-1964

Your place Cupcake:

1953

January 20, 1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, former five-star Army general and Allied commander in Europe during World War II, is inaugurated as the 34th U.S. President.

During his term, Eisenhower will greatly increase U.S. military aid to the French in Vietnam to prevent a Communist victory. U.S. military advisors will continue to accompany American supplies sent to Vietnam.To justify America's financial commitment, Eisenhower will cite a 'Domino Theory' in which a Communist victory in Vietnam would result in surrounding countries falling one after another like a "falling row of dominoes." The Domino Theory will be used by a succession of Presidents and their advisors to justify ever-deepening U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

1955

January 1955 - The first direct shipment of U.S. military aid to Saigon arrives. The U.S. also offers to train the fledgling South Vietnam Army.

October 23, 1955 - Bao Dai is ousted from power, defeated by Prime Minister Diem in a U.S.-backed plebiscite which was rigged. Diem is advised on consolidating power by U.S. Air Force Col. Edward G. Lansdale, who is attached to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).


October 26, 1955 - The Republic of South Vietnam is proclaimed with Diem as its first president. In America, President Eisenhower pledges his support for the new government and offers military aid.


July 8, 1959 - Two U.S. military advisors, Maj. Dale Buis and Sgt. Chester Ovnand, are killed by Viet Minh guerrillas at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. They are the first American deaths in the Second Indochina War which Americans will come to know simply as The Vietnam War.

The History Place - Vietnam War 1945-1960

I heard an American visiting there during the Truman administration died in a car accident while in Vietnam. Does that mean Truman actually got us involved in Vietnam? How many hairs are you going to split? Eisenhower did not attack Vietnam. Johnson did, and Kennedy was on the verge of it when he was popped in Dallas. Face it, twinkletoes, Democrats start wars. BTW, who was president when the troops were brought home from the jungle?

Nixon. Nixon got us an honorable peace in Vietnam and got our boys home.

We would have won that war were it not for the treacherous Democrats, who pulled aid from South Vietnam when the North invaded.

Democrats are treasonous scumbags, always have been, always will be.

 

[JonKoch]

Roosevelt made promises to keep us out of the war, promises he never intended to keep. He should have been honest, and said that if Adolph Hitler started trouble in Europe, the United States would get involved. Had Roosevelt done simply that, World War II might have been avoided, at least the European part of it.

Yeah. FDR was a terrible president. Only always rated in the top three of all presidents on polls.
Reagan never was.
Suck on that..

That was not a war, dumbass. It was a rescue mission.

LMAROG

 

[Camp]

Well, if you are going to play that game, the Vietnam War began under Republican Eisenhower.

No it didn't, it started under JFK.

"In February 1954, President Eisenhower refused to commit American troops to the Franco-Vietnamese War. In a press conference he stated, "I cannot conceive of a greater tragedy for America than to get heavily involved now in an all-out war in any of those regions." By April, however, his administration revisited the question of direct intervention in the war. Though he sent no U.S. troops to the region, he authorized military aid to the French. After France surrendered to the Viet Minh, Eisenhower's administration aided anti-communist leader Ngo Dinh Diem in consolidating power in Saigon. Throughout his second term as president, Eisenhower remained committed to Diem's often-tyrannical regime.





"

That is not direct intervention. This is:
Start reading at Aug. 26, 1963 up to Kennedy's assassination.
The History Place - Vietnam War 1961-1964

Your place Cupcake:

1953

January 20, 1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, former five-star Army general and Allied commander in Europe during World War II, is inaugurated as the 34th U.S. President.

During his term, Eisenhower will greatly increase U.S. military aid to the French in Vietnam to prevent a Communist victory. U.S. military advisors will continue to accompany American supplies sent to Vietnam.To justify America's financial commitment, Eisenhower will cite a 'Domino Theory' in which a Communist victory in Vietnam would result in surrounding countries falling one after another like a "falling row of dominoes." The Domino Theory will be used by a succession of Presidents and their advisors to justify ever-deepening U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

1955

January 1955 - The first direct shipment of U.S. military aid to Saigon arrives. The U.S. also offers to train the fledgling South Vietnam Army.

October 23, 1955 - Bao Dai is ousted from power, defeated by Prime Minister Diem in a U.S.-backed plebiscite which was rigged. Diem is advised on consolidating power by U.S. Air Force Col. Edward G. Lansdale, who is attached to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).


October 26, 1955 - The Republic of South Vietnam is proclaimed with Diem as its first president. In America, President Eisenhower pledges his support for the new government and offers military aid.


July 8, 1959 - Two U.S. military advisors, Maj. Dale Buis and Sgt. Chester Ovnand, are killed by Viet Minh guerrillas at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. They are the first American deaths in the Second Indochina War which Americans will come to know simply as The Vietnam War.

The History Place - Vietnam War 1945-1960

I heard an American visiting there during the Truman administration died in a car accident while in Vietnam. Does that mean Truman actually got us involved in Vietnam? How many hairs are you going to split? Eisenhower did not attack Vietnam. Johnson did, and Kennedy was on the verge of it when he was popped in Dallas. Face it, twinkletoes, Democrats start wars. BTW, who was president when the troops were brought home from the jungle?

The last one came home in 1978 under Carter. Nixon and Ford left thousands of them unaccounted for and swore they had all come home. The guy who escaped in 1978 proved them to be liars.

 

[Camp]

No it didn't, it started under JFK.

"In February 1954, President Eisenhower refused to commit American troops to the Franco-Vietnamese War. In a press conference he stated, "I cannot conceive of a greater tragedy for America than to get heavily involved now in an all-out war in any of those regions." By April, however, his administration revisited the question of direct intervention in the war. Though he sent no U.S. troops to the region, he authorized military aid to the French. After France surrendered to the Viet Minh, Eisenhower's administration aided anti-communist leader Ngo Dinh Diem in consolidating power in Saigon. Throughout his second term as president, Eisenhower remained committed to Diem's often-tyrannical regime.





"

That is not direct intervention. This is:
Start reading at Aug. 26, 1963 up to Kennedy's assassination.
The History Place - Vietnam War 1961-1964

Your place Cupcake:

1953

January 20, 1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, former five-star Army general and Allied commander in Europe during World War II, is inaugurated as the 34th U.S. President.

During his term, Eisenhower will greatly increase U.S. military aid to the French in Vietnam to prevent a Communist victory. U.S. military advisors will continue to accompany American supplies sent to Vietnam.To justify America's financial commitment, Eisenhower will cite a 'Domino Theory' in which a Communist victory in Vietnam would result in surrounding countries falling one after another like a "falling row of dominoes." The Domino Theory will be used by a succession of Presidents and their advisors to justify ever-deepening U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

1955

January 1955 - The first direct shipment of U.S. military aid to Saigon arrives. The U.S. also offers to train the fledgling South Vietnam Army.

October 23, 1955 - Bao Dai is ousted from power, defeated by Prime Minister Diem in a U.S.-backed plebiscite which was rigged. Diem is advised on consolidating power by U.S. Air Force Col. Edward G. Lansdale, who is attached to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).


October 26, 1955 - The Republic of South Vietnam is proclaimed with Diem as its first president. In America, President Eisenhower pledges his support for the new government and offers military aid.


July 8, 1959 - Two U.S. military advisors, Maj. Dale Buis and Sgt. Chester Ovnand, are killed by Viet Minh guerrillas at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. They are the first American deaths in the Second Indochina War which Americans will come to know simply as The Vietnam War.

The History Place - Vietnam War 1945-1960

I heard an American visiting there during the Truman administration died in a car accident while in Vietnam. Does that mean Truman actually got us involved in Vietnam? How many hairs are you going to split? Eisenhower did not attack Vietnam. Johnson did, and Kennedy was on the verge of it when he was popped in Dallas. Face it, twinkletoes, Democrats start wars. BTW, who was president when the troops were brought home from the jungle?

Nixon. Nixon got us an honorable peace in Vietnam and got our boys home.

We would have won that war were it not for the treacherous Democrats, who pulled aid from South Vietnam when the North invaded.

Democrats are treasonous scumbags, always have been, always will be.

Nixon did not negotiate an honorable peace. It was dishonorable. He abandoned American POW's and set South Vietnam up for inevitable defeat.

 

[JonKoch]

...Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War.

All these wars started under Democrat Presidents.

The Civil War started under Lincoln, who as far as I can tell was a Republican.

Who seceded from the Union and fired on Fort Sumter ? What party did the President of the CSA belong to ? I'll give you a hint it rhymes with sociopath.

The CONservative CONfederate States of AmeriKKKa, today's GOP base Cupcake?

Historical revisionism a time honored and repulsive tradition with the left. The Democrats of yesterday were as Liberal as they are today. It was a liberal interpretation of the Constitution that caused slavery to last so long in this nation. It also gave us segregation, and Jim Crow laws. Todays Liberals don't use a whip and shackles to force people into line, they use more subtle things like the promise of ever increasing entitlements, claims of victimhood and government control. All of these things are just a new form of slavery and you Liberals are neck deep in that sewer.

Sure Cupcake, those CSA states were known liberal hot spots

 

[Blackrook]

"In February 1954, President Eisenhower refused to commit American troops to the Franco-Vietnamese War. In a press conference he stated, "I cannot conceive of a greater tragedy for America than to get heavily involved now in an all-out war in any of those regions." By April, however, his administration revisited the question of direct intervention in the war. Though he sent no U.S. troops to the region, he authorized military aid to the French. After France surrendered to the Viet Minh, Eisenhower's administration aided anti-communist leader Ngo Dinh Diem in consolidating power in Saigon. Throughout his second term as president, Eisenhower remained committed to Diem's often-tyrannical regime.





"

That is not direct intervention. This is:
Start reading at Aug. 26, 1963 up to Kennedy's assassination.
The History Place - Vietnam War 1961-1964

Your place Cupcake:

1953

January 20, 1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, former five-star Army general and Allied commander in Europe during World War II, is inaugurated as the 34th U.S. President.

During his term, Eisenhower will greatly increase U.S. military aid to the French in Vietnam to prevent a Communist victory. U.S. military advisors will continue to accompany American supplies sent to Vietnam.To justify America's financial commitment, Eisenhower will cite a 'Domino Theory' in which a Communist victory in Vietnam would result in surrounding countries falling one after another like a "falling row of dominoes." The Domino Theory will be used by a succession of Presidents and their advisors to justify ever-deepening U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

1955

January 1955 - The first direct shipment of U.S. military aid to Saigon arrives. The U.S. also offers to train the fledgling South Vietnam Army.

October 23, 1955 - Bao Dai is ousted from power, defeated by Prime Minister Diem in a U.S.-backed plebiscite which was rigged. Diem is advised on consolidating power by U.S. Air Force Col. Edward G. Lansdale, who is attached to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).


October 26, 1955 - The Republic of South Vietnam is proclaimed with Diem as its first president. In America, President Eisenhower pledges his support for the new government and offers military aid.


July 8, 1959 - Two U.S. military advisors, Maj. Dale Buis and Sgt. Chester Ovnand, are killed by Viet Minh guerrillas at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. They are the first American deaths in the Second Indochina War which Americans will come to know simply as The Vietnam War.

The History Place - Vietnam War 1945-1960

I heard an American visiting there during the Truman administration died in a car accident while in Vietnam. Does that mean Truman actually got us involved in Vietnam? How many hairs are you going to split? Eisenhower did not attack Vietnam. Johnson did, and Kennedy was on the verge of it when he was popped in Dallas. Face it, twinkletoes, Democrats start wars. BTW, who was president when the troops were brought home from the jungle?

Nixon. Nixon got us an honorable peace in Vietnam and got our boys home.

We would have won that war were it not for the treacherous Democrats, who pulled aid from South Vietnam when the North invaded.

Democrats are treasonous scumbags, always have been, always will be.

Nixon did not negotiate an honorable peace. It was dishonorable. He abandoned American POW's and set South Vietnam up for inevitable defeat.

He did the best he could with the situation Johnson handed to him.

 

[Camp]

That is not direct intervention. This is:
Start reading at Aug. 26, 1963 up to Kennedy's assassination.
The History Place - Vietnam War 1961-1964

Your place Cupcake:

1953

January 20, 1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, former five-star Army general and Allied commander in Europe during World War II, is inaugurated as the 34th U.S. President.

During his term, Eisenhower will greatly increase U.S. military aid to the French in Vietnam to prevent a Communist victory. U.S. military advisors will continue to accompany American supplies sent to Vietnam.To justify America's financial commitment, Eisenhower will cite a 'Domino Theory' in which a Communist victory in Vietnam would result in surrounding countries falling one after another like a "falling row of dominoes." The Domino Theory will be used by a succession of Presidents and their advisors to justify ever-deepening U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

1955

January 1955 - The first direct shipment of U.S. military aid to Saigon arrives. The U.S. also offers to train the fledgling South Vietnam Army.

October 23, 1955 - Bao Dai is ousted from power, defeated by Prime Minister Diem in a U.S.-backed plebiscite which was rigged. Diem is advised on consolidating power by U.S. Air Force Col. Edward G. Lansdale, who is attached to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).


October 26, 1955 - The Republic of South Vietnam is proclaimed with Diem as its first president. In America, President Eisenhower pledges his support for the new government and offers military aid.


July 8, 1959 - Two U.S. military advisors, Maj. Dale Buis and Sgt. Chester Ovnand, are killed by Viet Minh guerrillas at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. They are the first American deaths in the Second Indochina War which Americans will come to know simply as The Vietnam War.

The History Place - Vietnam War 1945-1960

I heard an American visiting there during the Truman administration died in a car accident while in Vietnam. Does that mean Truman actually got us involved in Vietnam? How many hairs are you going to split? Eisenhower did not attack Vietnam. Johnson did, and Kennedy was on the verge of it when he was popped in Dallas. Face it, twinkletoes, Democrats start wars. BTW, who was president when the troops were brought home from the jungle?

Nixon. Nixon got us an honorable peace in Vietnam and got our boys home.

We would have won that war were it not for the treacherous Democrats, who pulled aid from South Vietnam when the North invaded.

Democrats are treasonous scumbags, always have been, always will be.

Nixon did not negotiate an honorable peace. It was dishonorable. He abandoned American POW's and set South Vietnam up for inevitable defeat.

He did the best he could with the situation Johnson handed to him.

He abandoned American POW's.

 

[Blackrook]

Your place Cupcake:

1953

January 20, 1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, former five-star Army general and Allied commander in Europe during World War II, is inaugurated as the 34th U.S. President.

During his term, Eisenhower will greatly increase U.S. military aid to the French in Vietnam to prevent a Communist victory. U.S. military advisors will continue to accompany American supplies sent to Vietnam.To justify America's financial commitment, Eisenhower will cite a 'Domino Theory' in which a Communist victory in Vietnam would result in surrounding countries falling one after another like a "falling row of dominoes." The Domino Theory will be used by a succession of Presidents and their advisors to justify ever-deepening U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

1955

January 1955 - The first direct shipment of U.S. military aid to Saigon arrives. The U.S. also offers to train the fledgling South Vietnam Army.

October 23, 1955 - Bao Dai is ousted from power, defeated by Prime Minister Diem in a U.S.-backed plebiscite which was rigged. Diem is advised on consolidating power by U.S. Air Force Col. Edward G. Lansdale, who is attached to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).


October 26, 1955 - The Republic of South Vietnam is proclaimed with Diem as its first president. In America, President Eisenhower pledges his support for the new government and offers military aid.


July 8, 1959 - Two U.S. military advisors, Maj. Dale Buis and Sgt. Chester Ovnand, are killed by Viet Minh guerrillas at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. They are the first American deaths in the Second Indochina War which Americans will come to know simply as The Vietnam War.

The History Place - Vietnam War 1945-1960

I heard an American visiting there during the Truman administration died in a car accident while in Vietnam. Does that mean Truman actually got us involved in Vietnam? How many hairs are you going to split? Eisenhower did not attack Vietnam. Johnson did, and Kennedy was on the verge of it when he was popped in Dallas. Face it, twinkletoes, Democrats start wars. BTW, who was president when the troops were brought home from the jungle?

Nixon. Nixon got us an honorable peace in Vietnam and got our boys home.

We would have won that war were it not for the treacherous Democrats, who pulled aid from South Vietnam when the North invaded.

Democrats are treasonous scumbags, always have been, always will be.

Nixon did not negotiate an honorable peace. It was dishonorable. He abandoned American POW's and set South Vietnam up for inevitable defeat.

He did the best he could with the situation Johnson handed to him.

He abandoned American POW's.

How many?

 

[bripat9643]

No, the Civil War began during the Presidency of James Buchanan.

No, it began under Lincoln.

 

[Wyatt earp]

No it didn't, it started under JFK.

"In February 1954, President Eisenhower refused to commit American troops to the Franco-Vietnamese War. In a press conference he stated, "I cannot conceive of a greater tragedy for America than to get heavily involved now in an all-out war in any of those regions." By April, however, his administration revisited the question of direct intervention in the war. Though he sent no U.S. troops to the region, he authorized military aid to the French. After France surrendered to the Viet Minh, Eisenhower's administration aided anti-communist leader Ngo Dinh Diem in consolidating power in Saigon. Throughout his second term as president, Eisenhower remained committed to Diem's often-tyrannical regime.





"

That is not direct intervention. This is:
Start reading at Aug. 26, 1963 up to Kennedy's assassination.
The History Place - Vietnam War 1961-1964

Your place Cupcake:

1953

January 20, 1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, former five-star Army general and Allied commander in Europe during World War II, is inaugurated as the 34th U.S. President.

During his term, Eisenhower will greatly increase U.S. military aid to the French in Vietnam to prevent a Communist victory. U.S. military advisors will continue to accompany American supplies sent to Vietnam.To justify America's financial commitment, Eisenhower will cite a 'Domino Theory' in which a Communist victory in Vietnam would result in surrounding countries falling one after another like a "falling row of dominoes." The Domino Theory will be used by a succession of Presidents and their advisors to justify ever-deepening U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

1955

January 1955 - The first direct shipment of U.S. military aid to Saigon arrives. The U.S. also offers to train the fledgling South Vietnam Army.

October 23, 1955 - Bao Dai is ousted from power, defeated by Prime Minister Diem in a U.S.-backed plebiscite which was rigged. Diem is advised on consolidating power by U.S. Air Force Col. Edward G. Lansdale, who is attached to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).


October 26, 1955 - The Republic of South Vietnam is proclaimed with Diem as its first president. In America, President Eisenhower pledges his support for the new government and offers military aid.


July 8, 1959 - Two U.S. military advisors, Maj. Dale Buis and Sgt. Chester Ovnand, are killed by Viet Minh guerrillas at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. They are the first American deaths in the Second Indochina War which Americans will come to know simply as The Vietnam War.

The History Place - Vietnam War 1945-1960

I heard an American visiting there during the Truman administration died in a car accident while in Vietnam. Does that mean Truman actually got us involved in Vietnam? How many hairs are you going to split? Eisenhower did not attack Vietnam. Johnson did, and Kennedy was on the verge of it when he was popped in Dallas. Face it, twinkletoes, Democrats start wars. BTW, who was president when the troops were brought home from the jungle?

The last one came home in 1978 under Carter. Nixon and Ford left thousands of them unaccounted for and swore they had all come home. The guy who escaped in 1978 proved them to be liars.

Lmfao he was a traitor..


.

 

[S.J.]

No it didn't, it started under JFK.

"In February 1954, President Eisenhower refused to commit American troops to the Franco-Vietnamese War. In a press conference he stated, "I cannot conceive of a greater tragedy for America than to get heavily involved now in an all-out war in any of those regions." By April, however, his administration revisited the question of direct intervention in the war. Though he sent no U.S. troops to the region, he authorized military aid to the French. After France surrendered to the Viet Minh, Eisenhower's administration aided anti-communist leader Ngo Dinh Diem in consolidating power in Saigon. Throughout his second term as president, Eisenhower remained committed to Diem's often-tyrannical regime.





"

That is not direct intervention. This is:
Start reading at Aug. 26, 1963 up to Kennedy's assassination.
The History Place - Vietnam War 1961-1964

Your place Cupcake:

1953

January 20, 1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, former five-star Army general and Allied commander in Europe during World War II, is inaugurated as the 34th U.S. President.

During his term, Eisenhower will greatly increase U.S. military aid to the French in Vietnam to prevent a Communist victory. U.S. military advisors will continue to accompany American supplies sent to Vietnam.To justify America's financial commitment, Eisenhower will cite a 'Domino Theory' in which a Communist victory in Vietnam would result in surrounding countries falling one after another like a "falling row of dominoes." The Domino Theory will be used by a succession of Presidents and their advisors to justify ever-deepening U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

1955

January 1955 - The first direct shipment of U.S. military aid to Saigon arrives. The U.S. also offers to train the fledgling South Vietnam Army.

October 23, 1955 - Bao Dai is ousted from power, defeated by Prime Minister Diem in a U.S.-backed plebiscite which was rigged. Diem is advised on consolidating power by U.S. Air Force Col. Edward G. Lansdale, who is attached to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).


October 26, 1955 - The Republic of South Vietnam is proclaimed with Diem as its first president. In America, President Eisenhower pledges his support for the new government and offers military aid.


July 8, 1959 - Two U.S. military advisors, Maj. Dale Buis and Sgt. Chester Ovnand, are killed by Viet Minh guerrillas at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. They are the first American deaths in the Second Indochina War which Americans will come to know simply as The Vietnam War.

The History Place - Vietnam War 1945-1960

I heard an American visiting there during the Truman administration died in a car accident while in Vietnam. Does that mean Truman actually got us involved in Vietnam? How many hairs are you going to split? Eisenhower did not attack Vietnam. Johnson did, and Kennedy was on the verge of it when he was popped in Dallas. Face it, twinkletoes, Democrats start wars. BTW, who was president when the troops were brought home from the jungle?

Nixon. Nixon got us an honorable peace in Vietnam and got our boys home.

We would have won that war were it not for the treacherous Democrats, who pulled aid from South Vietnam when the North invaded.

Democrats are treasonous scumbags, always have been, always will be.

That's typical of Democrats. Get us into a war they couldn't win, then when the Republican comes in and starts winning, cut off the funding to deny him a victory. The 55,000 + young men who died for LBJs ego mean nothing to them. They truly are scumbags and always will be.

 

[JonKoch]

That is not direct intervention. This is:
Start reading at Aug. 26, 1963 up to Kennedy's assassination.
The History Place - Vietnam War 1961-1964

Your place Cupcake:

1953

January 20, 1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, former five-star Army general and Allied commander in Europe during World War II, is inaugurated as the 34th U.S. President.

During his term, Eisenhower will greatly increase U.S. military aid to the French in Vietnam to prevent a Communist victory. U.S. military advisors will continue to accompany American supplies sent to Vietnam.To justify America's financial commitment, Eisenhower will cite a 'Domino Theory' in which a Communist victory in Vietnam would result in surrounding countries falling one after another like a "falling row of dominoes." The Domino Theory will be used by a succession of Presidents and their advisors to justify ever-deepening U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

1955

January 1955 - The first direct shipment of U.S. military aid to Saigon arrives. The U.S. also offers to train the fledgling South Vietnam Army.

October 23, 1955 - Bao Dai is ousted from power, defeated by Prime Minister Diem in a U.S.-backed plebiscite which was rigged. Diem is advised on consolidating power by U.S. Air Force Col. Edward G. Lansdale, who is attached to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).


October 26, 1955 - The Republic of South Vietnam is proclaimed with Diem as its first president. In America, President Eisenhower pledges his support for the new government and offers military aid.


July 8, 1959 - Two U.S. military advisors, Maj. Dale Buis and Sgt. Chester Ovnand, are killed by Viet Minh guerrillas at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. They are the first American deaths in the Second Indochina War which Americans will come to know simply as The Vietnam War.

The History Place - Vietnam War 1945-1960

I heard an American visiting there during the Truman administration died in a car accident while in Vietnam. Does that mean Truman actually got us involved in Vietnam? How many hairs are you going to split? Eisenhower did not attack Vietnam. Johnson did, and Kennedy was on the verge of it when he was popped in Dallas. Face it, twinkletoes, Democrats start wars. BTW, who was president when the troops were brought home from the jungle?

Nixon. Nixon got us an honorable peace in Vietnam and got our boys home.

We would have won that war were it not for the treacherous Democrats, who pulled aid from South Vietnam when the North invaded.

Democrats are treasonous scumbags, always have been, always will be.

Nixon did not negotiate an honorable peace. It was dishonorable. He abandoned American POW's and set South Vietnam up for inevitable defeat.

He did the best he could with the situation Johnson handed to him.

 

[Blackrook]

The Democrats are treasonous scumbags. That is a fact, consistent in every era of American history, from the Civil War to today.

 

[JonKoch]

The Democrats are treasonous scumbags. That is a fact, consistent in every era of American history, from the Civil War to today.

 

[S.J.]

The Democrats are treasonous scumbags. That is a fact, consistent in every era of American history, from the Civil War to today.

Yeah, OBSOLETE weapons. Weapons to be used against Saddam Hussein. The U.S. made a huge profit too. Ollie North ripped off the Ayatollah, paid for the weapons, and sent the profits to the Contras to fight the commies in Central America until Reagan brought down the Soviet Union A "neat idea" that WORKED. Thanks for reminding me of that.

 

[JonKoch]

The Democrats are treasonous scumbags. That is a fact, consistent in every era of American history, from the Civil War to today.

Yeah, OBSOLETE weapons. Weapons to be used against Saddam Hussein. The U.S. made a huge profit too. Ollie North ripped off the Ayatollah, paid for the weapons, and sent the profits to the Contras to fight the commies in Central America until Reagan brought down the Soviet Union A "neat idea" that WORKED. Thanks for reminding me of that.

Ronnie " I sold guns to Iran and ran from Terrorists" Reagan brought down the USSR? Weird I thought it was 49 years of US policy AND that failed ideology, like CONservatismn, communism?


Against Saddam?

HOW SADDAM HAPPENED


...It is hard to believe that, during most of the 1980s, America knowingly permitted the Iraq Atomic Energy Commission to import bacterial cultures that might be used to build
biological weapons. But it happened.

Did the U.S. Help Saddam Acquire Biological Weapons


The Reagan administration and its special Middle East envoy, Donald Rumsfeld, did little to stop Iraq developing weapons of mass destruction in the 1980s, even though they knew Saddam Hussein was using chemical weapons "almost daily" against Iran, it was reported yesterday.

The US provided less conventional military equipment than British or German companies but it did allow the export of biological agents, including anthrax; vital ingredients for chemical weapons; and cluster bombs sold by a CIA front organisation in Chile, the report says.
Rumsfeld 'offered help to Saddam'

 

[S.J.]

Reagan brought down the USSR? Weird I thought it was 49 years of US policy AND that failed ideology, like CONservatismn, communism?

Of course you would think that. You're an idiot. Democrats fought him every inch of the way and he STILL brought them down.

 

[Moonglow]

Eisenhower ENDED the Korean War, a war which Harry Truman could not win, because the Communists had him stumped.

The Korean war has never officially ended.

 

[bodecea]

...Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War.

All these wars started under Democrat Presidents.

How could we have avoided WWII when Japan attacked us and Germany declared war on us? Oh, I get it. You would just roll over and give up.