Gentlemen, stop revising history.

I was accepted into a master's program in history after receiving my degree in education. I never did get to do the master's because on a single day in a late July about 30 years ago I received three job offers to teach. I never did the MA. My intended thesis was to do with the Vietnam War from the grunts' perspective. I recently gave over 350 books to a library, each one written about the war by people who were there as soldiers, diplomats, agents, journalists, special warfare troops, etc.

The war was a complicated thing, and the US involvement predates Kennedy by many years. The US spent a few billion dollars supporting the Vietnamese in their fight with the French. After Điện Biên Phủ and France's defeat, America began its own direct involvement. As with most history, people have views that do not always agree.

There are many many places on Mr Google to get the facts. Indeed, Kennedy was in part responsible, but to call it his war is just plain wrong.

At the time, there was real fear about a 'domino' effect in SE Asia. The US began to get a bit paranoid about the various communist governments that were starting to pop up all over the world. Please recall that the HUAC meetings--they attest to that fear, and right/wrong is not part of what I'm writing about.

I dislike it when friend or foe rewrite history to support arguments. There's enough bullshit in the world as it is and imo there's no need to add more.

I don't mean to offend anyone, but fer Krissake get a grip.

Thank you.