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Quote by: Zeebadee  One big difference between the two is that LBJ actually got bad intel, which led him to escalate the Vietnam war, while bush cherry picked the intel that supported his agenda to start a war. In thirty years, IMHO, bush will be universally solely remembered as the worst president the country has ever suffered under, no comparisons needed. |
Johnson did some intel cherry-picking of his own. He used so-called "Gulf of Tonkin Incident" to dramatically increase the number of US troops in Vietnam. Later, Johnson ignored or downplayed the ever-rising number of US casualties to assert that victory was within our grasp. He repeatedly warned Americans of the consequences of defeat: " "If we allow Vietnam to fall, tomorrow we’ll be fighting in Hawaii, and next week in San Francisco." Sound familiar?
The major difference between LBJ and GWB is in both men's reactions to the clear failure of their war policies. LBJ came to despise the Vietnam War and even regret his past policies. GWB remains a true believer in this American disaster in Iraq to this very day.