The American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Military investigations are designed not to find anyone guilty.
One of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq was the slightest threat to America's national security.
Washington still refuses to provide evidence to support the claims in 1990 that a huge Iraqi military build-up on the Saudi border justified war.
You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody who fought in that war was at fault. It was the war itself that was at fault. It's the same thing with psychotherapy.
There was never sufficient evidence presented at my trial to support a finding of intent to kill.
The US military still blames the media for stories and images that turned the American public against the war in Vietnam.
Military confrontation is not a suitable alternative in confronting terror and current security threats.
The consequences of President Johnson's campaign of deliberate deception regarding Vietnam could hardly have been more catastrophic for the nation, the military, the president, his party, and the presidency itself.
Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.
I'm not an expert or a trained ballistician. But it is a subject I've studied intently for 50 years, so I may know a thing or two. In my opinion, the JFK investigation was poorly handled.