4 Presidents Lied About Vietnam - Pentagon Papers Exposed Everything

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[00:00:00]Did you know four presidents sent soldiers to die in a war they knew couldn't be won? The Pentagon papers proved it. For years, Johnson, Kennedy, Nixon, and Ford all knew the truth about Vietnam. The war was hopeless, but they kept sending troops anyway. Why? Because admitting failure would make them look weak. So, they lied to America. They claimed we were winning while knowing we weren't. Then, Daniel Ellsberg found the classified documents, a defense analyst with top secret clearance. When he read those 7,000 pages, he realized the government had been lying for decades.

[00:00:30]58,000 Americans would die for nothing.

[00:00:33]Ellburg faced a choice. Stay silent and keep his career or expose the truth and face life in prison. He chose truth.

[00:00:40]When the New York Times published the Pentagon Papers in 1971, Nixon panicked.

[00:00:45]He created a secret team to destroy Ellsburg. They broke into his psychiatrist's office. That criminal act led directly to Watergate. All because they couldn't admit they were wrong. How many lives could have been saved if they just told the truth?