Lyndon Johnson actually said...

We must let them know, and we must let the world know, that we are willing to bear the burden of a long struggle to defeat the Communist invasion of South Vietnam.

Context

Remarks Upon Arrival at the Tulsa International Airport

08/25/1966

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