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kennedy decides that he believes the nature of south vietnam's institutions is one major reason they go communist, and he intervenes in a transformative way in south vietnam trying 20 build local institutions to connect the population closely to the central government in saigon, and he's really honing honing in on rebuilding in the 1906s. it doesn't work well, but i'm not trying to explain whether it works, but the model the president chooses, which even if it doesn't work, has profound consequences of the qai the intervention plays out in the ground. >> host: why is it important to know which model? >> guest: well, even if the president changes his mind and changes the model midstream or it doesn't work, you may see years of struggle on the ground or a failed war. it's important to understand why the president goes in with a particular model of intervention. it's also important because presidents don't choose them in vacuums and make decisions in office that have consequences for how prepared they are to undertake interventions. they make staffing decisions, appoint people in the de

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two more problems to winding down the vietnam war than just holding the enemy and moving south vietnamese troops into the line one unforeseen problem is trying to keep up the neurology eyes you know they're going on but not soon enough it has produced plenty group insubordination shooting of officers by the wrong man and a deadly practice called bragging to a purpose in my mind was he to get me or intimidate me myself and all others in authority in the company in the kind of sergeant gene tamely is saying that some of his own men tried to maim or kill him but it's not an isolated incident since then one officer has been killed another wounded at this base and there have been dozens of similar incidents all across south vietnam because the fragmentation grenade is often the weapon used the violent attacks on authority have come to be known as spreading and many g.i.'s talk openly about fragging and the military countermeasures seen more than one big group meeting where. actually all they talk about is fragging as we call pigs. by picture talking about your senior enlisted men in your offic

ranch hand planes helicopters and tanker trucks sprayed nineteen million gallons of herbicides on south vietnam. i should mention agent orange which was also one of the main ways that the land was ravaged a place that had been sprayed would would die and the sometimes the reverse of say banana plants would become enormous and then they would die. and it looked like a ghost landscape almost everything had been killed agent orange was developed actually in world war two at that time it was not thought that this had any effect on human beings so this became a wonderful commercial product but also a very potent product that could be used to destroy jungles to destroy food crops to be able to be used as a tactical weapon of war without being considered chemical warfare in the sense of poison gas fifty percent of the agent orange consisted of a chemical called two four five tea which. unless the conditions of manufacture were carefully controlled would become contaminated with dioxin which is an extraordinarily potent toxic chemical so much of the agent orange or this her facade that was sprayed in v

making sixty eight was the turning point by then america had over a half a million troops in south vietnam during the lunar new year holiday called tet the enemy the north vietnamese air national liberation front arms launched an offensive that overran the entire country before being pushed back a tet offensive reveal that the enemy had widespread support from the vietnamese people and america was mired in a war it couldn't win and the soldiers beginning to question the war in the wake of the tet offensive thousands began going to a wall were absent without leave many found their way to san francisco where series of events brought the emerging g.i. antiwar movement onto the national stage. we joined together. eventually i might be sixty eight when we took sanctuary in the church and change our sense of minstrels . we essentially called the press and said to them we're not going to get we were refusing orders and in fact we were signing from the military to come and get it. the fact that it took them three day to decide has killed this to flee great. tendency to lose. and had no idea what w

. >> treason does not -- >> reporter: political wife and warrior, south vietnam's formidable mad dam glamorous, but tough. mrs. kennedy has a conversation with the president. >> mad dam nu, once i asked him, why are these women, like her and claire, who both obviously are attractive to men, why do they have this year thing for p power? she was everything that jack found, that i find attractive in a woman. he said, it's strange, because they resent getting their power through men. and so they become really just hating men. whatever you call that. like claire. i wouldn't be surprised if they >> what have you done for the women according to the promises of the platform? >> well, i'm sure we haven't done enough, and -- >> this is just my own sort of psychology, but that jack so obviously demanded from a woman a relationship between a man and a woman where a man would be, you know, the leader and a woman would be his wife and look up to him as a man. i always thought. >> reporter: she's talking about those that supported adelaide stephenson for president. >> it was a different kind of man

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. >> ravaged the countryside of south vietnam. >> he just sold them out. >> president bush eventuallyriotism has worked for democrats, too. during the 2008 campaign vice president candidate joe biden said wealthy americans should pay more taxes because it's time to be patriotic. now, that sounds familiar. the talk back question this morning, should patriotism be a political tool? facebook.com/americanmorning. i'll read your responses later this hour. >> i'm always so amazed at what they can do with sound and pictures and how dramatic they can make just a few minutes, a few seconds of television sound. >> remember the tim pawlenty ad? the same people who made that one produced this one. really compelling to watch. >>> we introduced you to an extraordinary person every week. and now we're revealing the top ten cnn heroes of 2011. >> all year introducing you to everyday people who are changing the world. today we announce the top ten cnn heros for 2011. the honorees are in alphabetical order amy stokes. la teens lacking role models. bruno serato is serving a solution so kids don't go to

still looking at some heavy rainfall coming down through areas including vietnam, south east asia.e'll continue to see the potential for problems of flooding across that region. finally, i leave you with video coming out of china. and guess what? they are celebrating there and taking part in the 23rd macau international fireworks display. several countries are putting on their display. we'll have more "world business report" in just a moment. stay with us. >>> from cnn london, i'm nina del santos. >> from dallan in northeastern china, i'm andrew stevens, and you're watching "world business today." >>> let's go straight to the markets. this is how the leading indices are performing so far into the trading day. we're nearly an hour into the trading session. take a look at this. we have the dax which has teetered into red at the moment. it was up about a quarter of 1% last time we looked just 20 minutes or so go. ftse 100 virtually flat. a number of these indices headed towards negative territory after starting out the day in positive territory, but remember, it has been a very volati

more aggressive over its claims in the south china sea which holds vast amounts of oil and natural gas. the claims have set off disputes with the philippines, vietnam, malaysia, taiwan and brunei, which also border the contested waters. kim yeon-ji explains. conflicting territorial claims over the south china sea by a host of sovereign states have fueled fresh tension in the region. the south china sea is a body of water rich in resources south of mainland china, west of the philippines, east of vietnam, and north of malaysia, brunei and indonesia. claiming its indisputable sovereignty over virtually the whole sea, china recently objected to an indian company carrying out an oil and natural gas exploration in the contested waters. mandarin "regarding the exploration of oil and gas resources in relevant waters, our stance has been consistent. that is, we oppose any country exploring oil and gas in waters under china's sovereign right." although the chinese spokeswoman was adamant that the indian company had encroached into china's territory, india's hindustan times said that the area belonged to india's ally, vietnam. and on the same day of china's

further south... more heavy downpours to come for vietnam, cambodia, and thailand. down under... a big dome of high pressure in northern australia will protect most regions from any other weather fronts, so nice and dry conditions will prevail from far north to the southeast. new zealand downsouth will see relatively quiet weather as well... with partly cloudy skies. into north america... another cold front will approach the northeastern u.s on thursday with showers and thunderstorms mostly targeting the mid-atlantic and upstate new york. meanwhile... most of the midwest will enjoy another dry day with partly cloudy skies. at the same time, above average temperatures will still be dominating the west coast. down in south america... southeastern brazil is expecting some evening showers on thursday with highs around 23 degrees. buenos aires and santiago... will be looking at mostly to partly cloudy skies as well. into europe... light rain will pass through moscow sometime during thursday. london, berlin and rome have partly cloudy skies instore. but paris and madrid... will stay un

but further south in china... heavy rain clouds will push into vietnam during the day tomorrow. down under... there will be a few showers in the eastern coastal regions of australia; this includes brisbane, cairns and sydney on saturday. melbourne should be dry but fairly cloudy. down in new zealand... showers are developing in the southern islands which will turn into more persistent rain throughout the weekend. into north america... showers and thunderstorms will affect the northeastern u.s throughout the weekend, with a possibility of localized flooding in virginia to new hampshire. chicago may also see showers as well. but far across california will continue to stay under clear sunny skies with highs coming down to the mid 20s. down in south america... a band of showers will pass through southeastern brazil sometime on saturday, so have an umbrella handy if you're there. meanwhile santiago and buenos aires will enjoy their typical sunshine, as usual. into europe... moscow and rome are expecting one or two showers in the evening. but other than that... most cities will stay p

and further south heavy scattered showers and thunderstorms will be concentrated in vietnam and thailand. down under... high pressure keeps most of australia nice and sunny for another day, but there will be some clouds passing by melbourne and victoria. new zealand has a similar pattern... clear sunny skies are expected in most areas. into north america... showers and thunderstorms will persist in the northeastern u.s on friday with heavy rain concentrated in maine coast and mid-atlantic. in contrast chicago's still looking bright with a lot of sunshine, but temperatures will drop dramatically into the teens on friday. and los angeles will be hitting 28 degrees once again tomorrow, under sunny skies. down in south america... a few clouds will pass by sao paulo during friday afternoon, but other than that... most cities will stay under bright clear skies and warm sunshine, santiago will climb to 24 degrees on friday. into europe... moscow will deal with more rain on friday. berlin and madrid... will stay partly cloudy for another day as well. but london and paris will clear out pretty ni

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