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“The troops will march in; the bands will play; the crowds will cheer; and in four days everyone will have forgotten. Then we will be told we have to send more troops. It's like taking a drink. The effect wears off, and you have to take another.”
-- President John F. Kennedy, 1961
Taking "Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974" back up, I thought this quote resonates well with today. Kennedy's Administration is divided between sending more troops into Vietnam. After the failed Bay of Pigs operation, Kennedy is not very eager to go down that route of escalation.
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“The troops will march in; the bands will play; the crowds will cheer; and in four days everyone will have forgotten. Then we will be told we have to send more troops. It's like taking a drink. The effect wears off, and you have to take another.”
-- President John F. Kennedy, 1961
Taking "Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974" back up, I thought this quote resonates well with today. Kennedy's Administration is divided between sending more troops into Vietnam. After the failed Bay of Pigs operation, Kennedy is not very eager to go down that route of escalation.
