40 years ago, Pres. Johnston turned down 2nd term(Vietnam)
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1968, Forty Years Later: President Lyndon Johnson Announces No Second Term Amid Low Support for Vietnam War in Aftermath of Tet Offensive
Forty years ago this week, President Lyndon Johnson stunned the country when he announced he would not seek a second term as president. His popularity had reached an all-time low because of the Vietnam War. Two months earlier, North Vietnamese forces and the Viet Cong attacked the US embassy in Saigon and over a 100 other targets in South Vietnam in what became known as the Tet Offensive. We speak with Vietnam war historian, Marilyn Young. [includes rush transcript]
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I could have sworn LBJ's last name was JOHNSON. Iwantdemocracynow? How about getting a fucking HISTORY BOOK NOW so that you get your Presidents' names right, dumbasses!
llgallian 1 year ago
@jbond5150 It's a cliche to you dumbass...but it's the real deal for the rest of us that lived it!
alamoghost 1 year ago
OK...who farted?
zcg3 1 year ago
why is it that anytime they show clips from vietnam they always accompany it with Fortunate Son playing in the background. talk about cliche!
jbond5150 1 year ago
correction to her - the communists never held the american embassy. they just got onto the embassy grounds (outside the building) and ran around like headless chickens for a while until they got shot
pushups2345 1 year ago
i know professor young, she was freaking out when the surge in iraq saved that country from the brink - she couldnt believe America was winning
I could never understand how deep-down patriot like her could stand to go on DN, all they ever do is attack America
pushups2345 1 year ago
Scariest shit on earth: On point in the jungle surrounded by thousands of vc that you cant see
sandythebear 1 year ago
Right.
huckstered 2 years ago
Johnson made a shit load of Money from
Vietnam.
He is rotting in Hell right now.......
045781 2 years ago
you know nothing of history, it was because of viet nam, and its' negative effect on public opinion. Lady Bird ?
huckstered 2 years ago