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Lyndon Baines Johnson January 1976 White House

I am worried of the spread of communism into today’s society, and therefore call upon all Americans to embrace the true reality and prevent such a domino effect from occurring in the southeastern Asian region. My goal is to stop the spread of communism in these countries and gain the support of the Americans that will be able to help me stop communism. It is necessary that Americans are willing to do everything in their power to help me in my fight for world peace and freedom.

I was sworn into office after John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Therefore I had no campaign to be elected as president. One way that I gained American support was in the gulf of Tonkin incident. Soon after I was able to pass the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which enabled me to put more troops in Vietnam and help my cause of stopping the widespread effects of communism in the southeastern Asian countries. After my re-election I gained support or kept support for my cause by intentionally focusing my campaign on domestic issues and downplaying the war.

My intent was practical at this time because as the war progressed I saw that the conditions and results were showing that we were not “gaining any ground in this war”. With this I saw the need to put more troops in Vietnam to see if the US could start to get a foothold in this war. It was also fitting that after the negative effects of the war started to show that I downplayed this harsh cruel war. It helped Americans to see what we could be improving on for our own domestic issues.

I had many successes even with such a harsh war going on throughout my presidency. Some were the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Immigration Act of 1965, and my biggest was the Great Society. This brought upon the US great things like Medicare and Medicaid along with many urban renewal programs. And while I may not have won the Vietnam War all my actions were justified.

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