Mudcat Café message #2102692

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Thread #103242 Message #2102692
Posted By: GUEST,ifor
14-Jul-07 - 05:02 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Lady Bird Johnson (11 July 2007)
Subject: RE: Obit: Lady Bird Johnson (11 July 2007)

I am sure Ladybird was a kind and caring person but let us not get too dewy eyed about her husband.The anti war chant in 1968 was
"Hey!Hey!LBJ
How many kids
Did you kill today?"

He may have inherited the war but he took the criminal decision to escalate it ...and a million vietnamese ,mostly civilians died in the carnage.Many of the dead were mothers,sisters and daughters but of course we dont know their names.
The war broke both the US army and LBJ.