Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President (from the archives)

By Ray McGovern, March 28, 2009 (from the archives)
https://consortiumnews.com/2018/04/07/welcome-to-vietnam-mr-president-3/

As President Trump faces strong opposition from generals, war profiteers, “mainstream media,” and — not least — Israel to pulling U.S. troops out of Syria, here’s a look back to a similar fix another president had gotten himself into — and how he lacked the courage to act as if he were the actual commander in chief.