200 special ops "advisors" have been sent to Saigon to protect the embassy and provide training for the South Vietnamese army.

This is how it started last time under Eisenhower. Kennedy, had he not been assassinated would have brought them all home. President Kennedy, in 1963, had a choice to make, either escalate the war in Vietnam or reduce the USA's presence all together. "In the day," the domino theory was the prevailing military culture. Today, it is a terrorist on every corner. But, President Kennedy witnessed four monks self-immolate. He was horrified by it and realized the Vietnamese people didn't want a war to separate them.

Bring the troops home! I don't care if it 'seems' like it's a different reason. The Vietnamese soldiers can train in the USA just as well if not better than sending USA soldiers there.

Soldier Jim Lundgard diplaying the Ohio flag that he requested from Governor James Rhodes while serving in Vietnam, 1969. The flag is part of the Ohio Historical Society museum collections, catalog number H 82022.


...Hoping to prevent communism (click here) from spreading to South Vietnam, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent American troops to South Vietnam to advise the South Vietnamese military in its war against the South Vietnamese revolutionaries and their North Vietnamese supporters. President John F. Kennedy continued sending advisers to South Vietnam during his administration....

A return to Vietnam, a return to Iraq. All the old ghosts have returned. General McCain just can't leave it alone, can he?