Two of the five years were spent in solitary confinement. On the 50th anniversary, senator john mccain talks about those events and reflects on the wars legacy an impact on america. before we get into a work, we better have a strategy to win. This started out with a drip, jerk with the gulf of tonkin resolution weather was supposedly competition between vietnamese ships and american ships which led to a resolution led by lyndon johnson. Andcomplete lack of focus strategy on how to bring it to a close. I am sympathetic because the one most ofat overrode Lyndon Johnsons thinking, appropriately, with china. We certainly did not want to have a confrontation and conflagration that would lead to a real conflict there. Actionsoned all of our so that it was a very gradual escalation which not only did not harm the enemy but strengthened their resolve. That led, of course, to all kinds of implications and repercussions. The new age, the use of drugs, demonstrations. Write out here on the small,
Julia eng lynn. Facebook has said they earned a bunch of ads placed the election were placed by russian outfit under anonymous accounts. Were politically divisive ads. Not necessarily it seems like aimed at one candidate or in aimed just at charged topics. The communicators tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan2. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979, cspan was created as service by americas Cable Television companies. And brought to you today by cable or satellite rovider. Navy flyer john mccain was down over North Vietnam during his 23rd mission on ctober 26, 1967. He ejected from his sky hawk bomber into a lake. Beaten, and held in fifthy conditions with poor medical care despite life hreatening injuries. Two of the more than five years he has pelled at p. O. W. As in solitary confinement. He talked to us about those reflected on the wars legacy and empact on america. His is about 25 minutes. Senator mccain when you ooked back 50 years ago when your plane wept down there through th
Next we hear from senator and former naval 80 or former naval aviator john mccain. He was captured, beaten, and held in 50 conditions with poor medical care in filthy conditions with poor medical care despite receiving injuries. His years of a his time as a p. O. W. Was spent in solitary confinement. Legacyected on the wars and impact on america. Senator mccain, when you look back 50 years ago on when your plane went down in hanoi, what today, and your opinion what today, in your opinion, are the legacies of vietnam. Sen. Mccain before we get into a conflict, we had better have a strategy to win at a way to get out. This was a steady drip, drip, drip. It is still not clear to this day the competition between idiot newbies between vietnamese ships and american ships, which led to the resolution led by Lyndon Johnson to a complete lack of focus and strategy on how to bring it to a close. Becausey sympathetic the one thing that overrode most of Lyndon Johnsons thinking, appropriately, was
Hanoi and through the last 50 years, what today, in your opinion, are the legacies of vietnam, good and bad . The legacies of vietnam is that we, before we get into a conflict, wed better have a strategy and a capability to win. And this is one of these gradual drip, drip, drip involvements, started out with the thing called the gulf of t tonkin resolution and still not clear to this day, confrontation between a vietnamese ship or ships and led to a resolution rammed through by Lyndon Johnson to a complete lack of focus and strategy on how to bring it to a close. And im very sympathetic because one thing that overrode most of Lyndon Johnsons thinking, appropriately, was china, that we certainly didnt want to have a confrontation and a conflagration that would lead to a real conflict there. So, it cautioned all of our actions so that it was a very gradual escalation, which then, not only didnt harm the enemy, but it strengthened their resolve and that led, of course, to all kinds of imp
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