Class Discussion

We had a class discussion sometime last week about President Johnson. We were discussing 2 primary documents, one "Peace Without Conquest" and The Telephone conversationg between president Johnson and Bundy. I believe that President Johnson was two timing and manipulative. Thats my own personal opinion, between those two documents, he completely goes against what he said in the "Peace Without Conquest" speech. In the speech he talks about democracy and peace for Vietnam, but yet in the telephone conversation with Bundy, he questions "Why should I even care about Vietnam?" That doesn't sound like a very confident and responsible president. Yes, I do understand that he does have many stresses in his life as President, but he shoulden't go around saying that, then saying something completely opposite a year later at his speech in 1965. I do believe, though, that he is a strong willed president. Maybe not in his "telephone conversations" or his unfaithful "speeches". But he does within himself have a strong mind which did make him, realistically, a "decent" president.