Much as what Trump doesn't know about economics is leading us towards catastrophe now, what American leaders in the 1950s and 60s didn't know about Vietnam led to catastrophe then.
The government's self-delusion about Vietnam back then is a classic example of the I.F. Stone quote which is usually truncated to it's first three words: "All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out."
The government's self-delusion about Vietnam back then is a classic example of the I.F. Stone quote which is usually truncated to it's first three words: "All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out."