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He was the architect of "The Great Society", which is 100% responsible for the poverty that exists in the black community today.
Why does this man fly under the radar?
Because he's not the worst, not even close. Your point about the Great Society being "100% responsible for the poverty that exists in the black community," is extraordinarily incorrect and I'd love to see you find a scholarly source which argues in favor of such a claim.
Because he's not the worst, not even close. Your point about the Great Society being "100% responsible for the poverty that exists in the black community," is extraordinarily incorrect and I'd love to see you find a scholarly source which argues in favor of such a claim.
And, he didn't start the Vietnam War either. American military personnel had been there for years in an advisory role. What Johnson did do was introduce ground troops.
The Vietnam war was started when H. Truman refused to back the Vietnamese by not attempting to restore the French Empire in Indochina after the defeat of the Japanese invaders. After the efforts of Eisenhowerand Kennedy Lohnson was unable to end the war because of the demands of the Military/Industrial corporate socialists.
The "Great Society" did not result in our current welfare system. It only provided more opportunity for a previously downtrodden segment of our society while helping many other people along the way.
He was the architect of "The Great Society", which is 100% responsible for the poverty that exists in the black community today.
Why does this man fly under the radar?
He didn't start the Vietnam conflict.
He was lamblasted by his party for going against their agenda and knew he would not be re-elected Pres, for going against the wishes of the very racist Democratic party.
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Then Bush didn't start the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
So, when Bush says in his book that HE made the decision toi invade Iraq, he's lying? How's the weather there in FantasyLand today?
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