You got the ending right but Eisenhower 'started' it, or we should say allowed it to happen --- Dulles started it under his watch. He wanted to swoop in and capitalize on what he thought was a vacuum when the French left. And he thought that because he was a fucking moron. But Eisenhower let it happen and that set the wheels in motion.
(/again completely offtopic)
they all believed in the domino theory in those days. But the facts are that LBJ is responsible for the majority of the American deaths in that fiasco.
and, yes off topic, so, screw the kneelers, fire them, fine them. comply with their contracts or GFT out.
"Majorities" are irrelevant, and I don't know the numbers but your original citation specifically excluded Eisenhower (who started it) and Nixon (who intensified it and spread it outside the country's borders). Whelp, you got yerself told on that, squirm all you want.
And back to topic --- nobody's not 'complying with their contracts' anyway.
since when are majorities not relevant in a democracy?
The Vietnam War cannot on any planet be defined as a "democracy".
we were talking about klan membership
NO, we (you) were talking about Vietnam and JFK and LBJ, out of which you conveniently "forgot" Eisenhower and Nixon. NONE of that has jack cheese to do with "Klan membership". That's an entirely different offtopic tangent.