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Four Years and a World of Difference
and his announcement in March that he was withdrawing from the pres-
idential race removed that from the equation as well. There were also a
myriad of specific differences between Korea and Vietnam that affected
these two crises, not the least of which was the presence of a stable pro-
American government in the former. And yet, a close look at these two
naval crises suggests that not only had circumstances changed, but the
man in the White House had as well. On March 31, 1968, LBJ had
announced to the world that he would not accept renomination, and in
doing so lamented the lessons of Vietnam. "During the past 4% years,"
he declared, "it has been my fate and my responsibility to be
Commander in Chief. I have lived-daily and nightly--with the cost of
this war. I-know the pain that it has inflicted. I know, perhaps better
than anyone, the misgivings that it has aroused."101 Perhaps Johnson had
done himself a disservice; not only did he "know" the consequences of
Vietnam, but he seemed to have learned lessons from them as well.
0' "The President's Address to the Nation .. ." Mar. 31, 1968, Public Papers of the Preszdent,
1968-69, I, 468.200oo3
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