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General Westmoreland said he could defeat the communists if he had more men. So he received more men. Later, he requested more men...he got them. Then again...then TET came in '68; the country was rocked! New commander; Abrams...no more men.

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The U.S. containment policy pretty much wanted to stop the spread of communism, and for whatever reason, Johnson thought that Vietnam was a large communist threat.

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