Lyndon B Johnson Quotes Vietnam War

I think a long protracted war will disclose our weakness not our strength deputy secretary of state george w.

Lyndon b johnson quotes vietnam war. Ball answering president lyndon johnson s question at a white house meeting on july 21 1965 about whether the united states could win a war in the jungle rice paddies of vietnam. Public papers of the presidents of the united states. In the presidential election of 1964 johnson was opposed by conservative republican barry goldwater. I m going to vietnam.

Johnson quotes about vietnam war. Johnson 1963 1964 p 931 best books on we do this in order to slow down aggression. Somebody should have by god helped those texans. We do this to increase the confidence of the brave people of south vietnam who have bravely born this brutal battle for so many years with so many casualties.

We are not about to send american boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what asian boys ought to be doing for themselves. I knew from the start if i left a woman i really loved the great society in order to fight that bitch of a war in vietnam then i would lose everything at home. During the campaign johnson portrayed himself as level headed and reliable and suggested that goldwater was a reckless extremist who might lead the country into a nuclear war.