ed and well over $100,000,000 damage was done. Many people including some of the president's advisors wanted Johnson to pull out of the war but being as stubborn and insecure as he was he chose to raise the stakes so he wouldn't look 'soft on communism'. The year of 1968 was possibly teh most crucial to the Americans. This was the year in which the Tet Offensive was launched. This consisted of a series of attacks in Vietnam which virtually wiped out the Viet Cong army. "Tet was the roof falling in." (Clark Clifford -sec. of def.) Not only were thousands of Vietnamese and American lives lost but LBJ's dreams and presidency seemed to die as well. The cost of the war was simply too high to keep the 'Great Society' going and everyone else around LBJ was fed up with the war. They wanted America out. Eventually when Johnson finally got it through his head that he was the most hated man in America and his credibility was long gone he announced that no more troops would be sent to Vietnam and that America was willing to make peace. He also stated that he would not seek re-election in the future as he wanted to consolidate all his elbow grease in bringing the war to an end. "Lyndon Johnson believed in the domino theory but his presidency turned out to be the last domino." (Theodore White -American journalism). ...
