Good morning, A few weeks ago, I attended an Aspen Institute 12-hour session on the presidency of Lyndon Johnson. I have read many articles and books over the years about the tumultuous LBJ years (including the Robert Caro and Robert Dalleck biographies). As much as I have read and as much as I thought I knew, nothing could replace the experience of learning, along with 20 other eager participants, from presidential historian and former director of the LBJ Library Mark Updegrove.
A prime example of a presidential u-turn is how quickly president Biden removed US forces from Afghanistan. Unlike LBJ, Biden recognized that, like Viet Nam, the war in Afghanistan was unwinable and that it was folly to keep losing American lives fighting an indigenous guerrilla movement. He took the heat for what he knew was right.
A prime example of a presidential u-turn is how quickly president Biden removed US forces from Afghanistan. Unlike LBJ, Biden recognized that, like Viet Nam, the war in Afghanistan was unwinable and that it was folly to keep losing American lives fighting an indigenous guerrilla movement. He took the heat for what he knew was right.