d that it would start talks once all fighting had ended. Johnson knew that fighting would continue, but decided to start the talks with the North. On May 3, Paris was decided as the place for the meeting between the two countries. Johnson did not want to stop the bombing because he felt that the North would take advantage of this and if the US stopped it would be hard for them to start up again. In order to get the talks on the way the President decided to cease bombing completely. ConclusionThe United States got itself into a war that was a waste and they could not have won. Johnson was very stubborn and would not listen to people unless they were agreeing with him. It came down to the point where Johnson only had a couple of supporters left in his administration. Johnson started to feel the pessimist that had hit everyone else a long time ago. To Johnson the war seemed to be personal because he did not want to lose the war so bad. Maybe if Johnson would have listened to his Central Intelligence Agency early on, he might not have got the United States into such a predicament. The CIA had been telling Johnson the whole entire time that the war did not look good for the United States and they should not start a war there. Johnson felt that if he did not fight this war that he would be seen a being weak on communism and if the South fell to communism the rest of the area would to. To sum it up the war was a waste and many men died that should not have had to die. Johnson kept sending men in to support General Westmoreland and the amount never made a difference. The war showed how bad the communication was between the Government, Whitehouse, and the CIA. If the communication was better during these times the war might not have occurred or might not have lasted as long. The Vietnam war did not end under Johnson, it ended under Nixon. ...
