thismeintiel said:
The sad thing is that he is obviously just playing politics here. Vietnam was entered, beyond an advisory role, by Kennedy and ramped up exponentially by LBJ, both Dems, so I guess to Maher that automatically makes the war just. And it's ridiculous for him to suggest Reagan had nothing to do with ending the Cold War. I mean what does the Vietnam War, which ended with us withdrawing in 1975, have anything to do with the Cold War ending almost a decade and a half later? Especially when it was reescalating during the Carter and early Reagan administrations. Completely biased. |
Actually Reagan pretty much had nothing do with the end of the Cold War the Soviet Union already was in a rapid decline by the late 70s. Reagan military buildup in the 80s was a giant waste of money on par with the two unecessary wars started by Bush.
