[sheltonmac]

If any guilt attaches to anyone because of the war in Vietnam, it is Lyndon Johnson directly and Robert McNamara indirectly. Johnson for putting American troops into a conflict that he did believe in. McNamara for devising and approving rules of engagement that were as stupid and he is vain.

That's essentially my point. Johnson certainly bears more blame than the media.

[Dan(9698)]

That's essentially my point. Johnson certainly bears more blame than the media.

Lyndon Johnson was a creature of the media even more than Bill Clinton.

He had a special television cabinet made with three TV receivers in it so he could watch all three networks at the same time.

Everything he did was in response to the news media. His daughter told of him walking the halls of the White house at night worrying that he would be the "President who started WWIII."

Every time the Military started to make progress, he called a bombing halt. It would break down when the North was resupplied.

He was driven from running for reelection by the News Media.