->  DD> Wrong answer. Truman was long retired to Independence, MO in 1954 when
->  DD> the French finally got their butts kicked at Dien Bien Phu and run out
->  DD> of the country. In "free" elections the Vietnamese
people chose to go
->  DD> with Ho Chi inh. But, Eisenhower's minions - Allen Dulles (head of the
->  DD> CIA) and his brother John Foster Dulles (Secretary of State) sold the
->  DD> domino theory to Ike, the McCarthyites, and the rest of the world.

-> Truman was involved, however so limited, even if it was only policy only.

Of course he was.  It takes a lot of historical blindness to think that
US involvement didn't begin until French involvement ended.  Truman
backed the French in trying to defeat Ho after he declared independence.
We were giving assistance to the French from 1946 to 1954, under both
Truman and Ike.  By the time Truman left office we were paying more for
the war than the FRENCH were!



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