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Originally Posted by topspinmo
actually it was arc light and rolling thunder that brought nv to peace table. You can take johnson for vn war.
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the geneva accords of 1954 ended the french involvement in the war. It partioned vietnam at the 17 th parralel creating north and south vietnam it called for foreign nationals to leave by 1956 and to have a reunification election between the two partioned vietnams.
The north agreed.
The south and the usa refused to allow the election to take place because they feared a communist victory.
Instead of withdrawing troops eisenhower and kennedy sent in thousands of them
so if the usa had adhered to the geneva accords
1 an election would have reunified the 2 vietnams as 1 country with a communist government as it does to this day
2. 58,209 american servicemen would not have died
3. Millions of non combatants who became collateral damage would have survived
currently communist vietnam is an american vacation spot, business partner and military ally of the usa. They join in war games with the usa and our allies to reign in the military expansion of communist china.
Lay the blame not on lbj but rather and primarily upon eisenhower and then kennedy
veritas.