some, yes. some no, just too much for me to reply to thought by thought, sorry.
But a couple corrections are valid here.
1) Though it wasn't until early in the Johnson (D) administration that we "openly" engaged in direct combat, we had been in Viet Nam for nearly a decade due to Eisenhower (R) who first sent "advisors" there. He was determined to stop that domino thing and invested heavily in trying to create the fairly new country South Viet Nam as an example of how our system shines for the world to see in Southeast Asia. Lotta money too, for those times.
2) The Bay of Pigs Invasion fiasco was choreographed by (again) Eisenhower (R), and as his administration gave way to Kennedy's, there was an agreement to move forth as planned...such was the concerns of Communism spreading by both sides of the aisle in those days. Most people alive then had memory of WWII and absolutely the recent Korean "Police Action" or whatever we called it then...I was just a toddler..
Fortunately, Kennedy (D) acted as a true leader and, knowing his adversary Krushchev was not really into the confrontation, got him to back off.
I included the (R) and (D) cuz I have a sense of humor, and also to illustrate how silly and divisive it can be to try to assign all blame to either of the major parties, especially considering how each changes over decades. It makes open debating untenable...I think that's the word I want.
But what stood out for me the most was your conclusion:
"NOBODY is going to sign a peace treaty with a dictator."
Ummmmm...Putin?
I'd be all in on a bet that far more people in the USA would think of Putin first when asked to name a dictator.
So on that we agree...NOBODY is going to sign a peace treaty with a dictator...not without a security provision, for obvious reasons.
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