There was one glaring omission in Ken Burns’ (mostly excellent) The Vietnam War series last night. Mainstream history never acknowledges that JFK was firm in his commitment to pull out all US troops by 1965. They always want to make it seem like it was ‘JFK’s war’ – which is not true. He did not start it and he planned to end it. Again, the best book by far on this topic was written by a Jesuit, James Douglass: JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died And Why It Matters. Here is an excerpt from a talk given by Douglass:

“As Vietnam came to crisis late in his term, Kennedy was the lone voice against escalation of military conflict. On October 11, 1963, Kennedy issued National Security Action Memoranda NSAM 263, authorizing his plans “to withdraw 1000 U.S. military personnel [from Vietnam] by the end of 1963,” with the longer goal of withdrawing “the bulk of U.S. personnel” by the end of 1965. However, Kennedy ordered that, “no formal announcement be made of the implementation,” yet on November 20, at a top-level conference, “the secrecy was lifted,” and it was reported in the New York Times the following day, which was the day before Kennedy was assassinated…”

This is highly relevant, despite the MSM efforts to ignore this historical fact. It is part of the congressional record, there for all to see…why the omission?

Anyone with a functioning brain knows the answer to that question.