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popsdenver

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8. Wow interesting...............
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 04:45 PM
Wednesday

Also, at that time, in December 67 and January 68..... I was watching Johnson......McNamara was requesting an ADDITIONAL 250,000 to be drafted before the upcoming TET offensive........McNamara told the military recruiters to drop the IQ requirement to 80?, and to focus on the Black Population as they were the easiest pickings..........And to rush them through basic and get them to Viet Nam........

Johnson wanted to be seen as being tough in VietNam, Cambodia, and Laos, went along with it....Not sure the public new about Cambodia and Laos at that time.....

These soldiers/draftees were called "McNamara's Morons".......google it..........

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