Lyndon Johnson actually said...

To retreat from it would, I think, set a chain reaction of counter-protection and retaliation that would put in jeopardy our ability to work...

Those who negotiated at Geneva drove a hard bargain, but we believe it was a fair bargain.

The more that Western Europe acts together the more effectively we and other countries can work together.

This is an intolerable condition in the 20th century in a modern nation that prides itself on reputed leadership of the world.