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PREVIEW: Lyndon Johnson and the Australian View of His Vietnam Deception Guest: Gregory Copley Gregory Copley discusses LBJ's deceit regarding the Vietnam War and his demands for Australian troops. Although Australia was deceived, today its opinion of Joh

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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PREVIEW: Lyndon Johnson and the Australian View of His Vietnam Deception Guest: Gregory Copley

Gregory Copley discusses LBJ's deceit regarding the Vietnam War and his demands for Australian troops. Although Australia was deceived, today its opinion of Johnson is low, focused mainly on his failure and decision to quit, rather than his statesmanship. He achieved little for Australia during his tenure.
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This is John Batchett. A conversation with my colleague Gregory Copley about Lyndon Baines-Johnson,

0:26.5

President of the United States during the 1960s following John Kennedy's murder,

0:32.6

and leaving the office under a shadow.

0:37.6

Here we discuss Los Angeles's opinion of Mr. Johnson then and now.

0:44.5

LBJ required, obliged, ordered, requested Australia to contribute to the Vietnam War.

0:51.3

Troops for all the years, he was in charge and some of the years before. What is significant

0:59.8

is that in a new book, McNamara at war, it becomes evident again and again in the quotations

1:06.9

from the President's councils, that Mr. Johnson was a practice deceiver.

1:13.5

Did Australia react to that then?

1:15.6

Does it react to it now?

1:17.1

Gregory's answer is surprising to me

1:20.1

because Australia was deceived.

1:24.7

However,

1:26.6

these many years later, Australia doesn't have much of an opinion of Johnson.

1:33.7

Here's Gregor to explain.

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