... and by mid-1965 (hypothetically). President Kennedy supported a full military withdrawal from Vietnam, but he said that if he announced a withdrawal from Vietnam of American troops before the 1964 election, that there would be a wild frenzy against him. Kennedy wanted to win a second term and he knew that if he announced this he would not be receiving a second term ... ? Could Vietnam been a consolation for the Republicans because of the diplomacy Kennedy seemed to arrange during the Missile Crisis. Many perspectives can be taken a evaluating the reasons Kennedy went into Laos and later ...

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