McAPUSH: Steven Wright: The President Calling

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Friday, August 9, 2013

Steven Wright: The President Calling

For The President Calling podcasts I chose to listen to Lyndon B. Johnson and his conversations about the Vietnam Dilemma on May 27, 1964. Just like the opinions of men like Senator Richard Russell, I would be against the continuation of the involvement in Vietnam. If we began to send American troops in for attack, as Russell pointed out, then it would lead to a full ground war in an environment our soldiers are not comfortable with. Not to mention the possibility of going to war with China if it came to it. I think Johnson should listen to the majority vote of his peers and avoid making a larger footprint in Vietnam. This delay of action not only has lead to the deaths of American soldiers but has even got Johnson worrying about involvement in Laos as well. Although pushing with guns would make America and LBJ look powerful from a world view, it would cost a grave fortune of money and lives.