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  • RED
    Very Senior Member - OFC
    • Aug 2009
    • 11689

    #16
    Originally posted by rkohut
    Not saying I'm a Nixon fan but here are the stats.

    Breakdown of the American casualties recorded in the Vietnam War by age, state, religion, branch of service.


    A bit misleading in that before Johnson casualties were pretty small but during his 8 years in 8 we lost 35,000 KIA or about 4k/year. Nixon was in Jan 1969 to and 1974... about 5 years and lost 21,041 or an average of 4k/year. About the same percentage... and yet we are told that Nixon was winding the war down.

    Either way both were bad, but LBJ was merely a fool that made stupid mistakes. Nixon was worse and drug the war out for political gain.

    Just my $.02
    Last edited by RED; 11-01-2017, 08:11.

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    • rkohut
      Senior Member
      • Aug 2010
      • 1115

      #17
      Originally posted by RED
      A bit misleading in that before Johnson casualties were pretty small but during his 8 years in 8 we lost 35,000 KIA or about 4k/year. Nixon was in Jan 1969 to and 1974... about 5 years and lost 21,041 or an average of 4k/year. About the same percentage... and yet we are told that Nixon was winding the war down.

      Either way both were bad, but LBJ was merely a fool that made stupid mistakes. Nixon was worse and drug the war out for political gain.

      Just my $.02
      In the 5 years Johnson was in, realistically speaking, 1964-1968, there were 35,957 deaths or 7k per year.

      Additionally, the statistics show who escalated and who deescalated the war.

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      • clintonhater
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2015
        • 5220

        #18
        Originally posted by Allen
        You have a point. Perhaps Bush and Carter tie for 3rd place. Both had failed attempts in the middle East. #1 and #2 are somewhat the understatement of the year.
        Here's another point I just heard about, the "Diversity Immigrant Visa program," which gives a visa preference to Turd Worlders because, obviously, the US is deficient in diversity--too damn many whites of European ancestry, in other words. Guess who came into this country legally under this program? (Hint--was born in Uzbekistan.)

        Now, guess which POTUS signed this legislation into law with his full support & approval?

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        • togor
          Banned
          • Nov 2009
          • 17610

          #19
          Ooh! Pick me!

          https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...history-215776

          The Diversity Lottery has an interesting history, but can go in the bin now. As for the Uzbeki, by all accounts he went bad after he got here, so we need to look at that.

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          • leftyo

            #20
            so originally by a democrap, and another democrap, and later redone by another democrap. in togors article, the original was drafted in 1965, so LBJ would be the answer. though the later version by schumer in 1990 would have been old bush.

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