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June 13th 04, 04:54 PM
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John Kunkel wrote:
The "domino theory" that fomented the U.S.'s involvement originated in the Eisenhower/Nixon administration. In fact, the first public use of the "dominos falling" terminology to defend involvement in SEA was in a presidential news conference in April 1954. Troops and the CIA were there in '53. Kennedy inherited the failed foreign policy and Johnson ran with it. While Ike's administration may have "invented" the Domino Theory, their involvement in SE Asia would likely not have gotten much further than monetary and clandestine support had Nixon won in '60. Kennedy upped the ante considerably with Laos and then South Vietnam and while its arguable had he not been killed in Nov. '63 that Kennedy would have reversed earlier policies, there is no direct proof of that. BUFDRVR "Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips everyone on Bear Creek" 
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