To: dennisw
"The absurdity of almost being killed by our own allies in a country in which President Nixon claimed there were no American troops was very real." I know that I'm a dumb Conservative and all but if I'm not mistaken LBJ was still President in December 1968 not Nixon.
12 posted on
08/12/2004 6:30:41 AM PDT by
LavaDog
To: LavaDog
You are 100% right. Nixon wasn't inaugurated until January of 1969. Johnson was still president on Christmas in 1968.
24 posted on
08/12/2004 6:44:33 AM PDT by
Novel
To: LavaDog
In fact I remember spending Christmas Eve of 1968 five miles across the Cambodian border being shot at by our South Vietnamese allies who were drunk and celebrating Christmas. The absurdity of almost being killed by our own allies in a country in which President Nixon claimed there were no American troops was very real." I was pointing this out last night - Apparently Nixon gave orders to spec-ops military units while still President-elect.
He was elected in November 1968, and took office in Jan. 1969.
But why let facts get in the way of a good Republican-bashing?
25 posted on
08/12/2004 6:45:35 AM PDT by
Izzy Dunne
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To: LavaDog
I know that I'm a dumb Conservative and all but if I'm not mistaken LBJ was still President in December 1968 not Nixon. Absolutely correct ... Nixon was sworn in in January of 1969
28 posted on
08/12/2004 6:48:10 AM PDT by
AgThorn
(Go go Bush!! But don't turn your back on America with "immigrant amnesty")
To: LavaDog
You are not mistaken. But for the Liberals, it was Nixon's war in 1963.
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