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1. "We are not about to send American boys nine or ten thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves." - President Lyndon Johnson.
Analysis:
The U.S. didn't see the need for them to send many of our people away for something that should already be taken care of.
2. "You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly."- President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Analysis:
The U.S. knew that the war was a win for them and that they could take out the Vietnamese.

3 "Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that."- President Richard Nixon.
Analysis:
The U.S. had high hopes of winning the war and didn't think they could possibly lose.

]]> 2018-12-05 21:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/201801180/p3ftug1wo6v1/wish/311609546 201801180 https://padlet.com/201801180/p3ftug1wo6v1/wish/311609664 Vietnam quotes
1. "All men are created equal; they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights; among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." - Vietnamese Declaration of Independence
Analysis On Quote: The Vietnamese believe in their country and have lots of pride. They are strong about their motive to win.
2. "You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours." - Viet Minh leader Ho Chi Minh
Analysis On Quote: This is Vietnam being very confident in themselves. This does not necessarily mean that Vietnam has a bigger army it is just stating that they wont give up and are relentless
3. "Our objective in South Vietnam has never been the annihilation of the enemy. It has been to bring about a recognition in Hanoi that its objective-taking over the South by force-could not be achieved."- explaining a decision to halt the bombing of North Vietnam.
Analysis On Quote: The Americans wanted to capture their objective without resulting to extreme measures. They wanted it to just happen with the least amount of casualties as possible. But if that was not possible they were going to use force. This resulted in the U.S bombing their enemy]]> 2018-12-05 21:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/201801180/p3ftug1wo6v1/wish/311609664 201801180 https://padlet.com/201801180/p3ftug1wo6v1/wish/311609838 Threats

1. "You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours. But even those odds, you will lose and I will win." -Viet Minh leader Ho Chi Minh in a warning to french colonialist in 1946.
Analysis On quote:
No matter the challenge the U.S puts up the conga will not give up making them very determined and hard to beat.

2. "My solution to the problem would be to tell them frankly that they've got to draw in their horns and stop their aggression or were going to bomb them back into the Stone Ages." -General Curtis E. LeMay, in his book Mission With LeMay, 1965.
Analysis On quote:
This is the Americans telling the congs that they need to back off because their in too deep over their head and we are not afraid to bomb them.

3.  "The bastards have never been bombed like they're going to be bombed this time" -President Richard Nixon White House Chief of Staff H.R. "Bob"Haldeman 
Analysis On Quote: 
This is related to the previous quote, the Americans are not scared to attack the congs with all they have. ]]> 2018-12-05 21:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/201801180/p3ftug1wo6v1/wish/311609838