“Each time you give ground [as he thought JFK was doing in Laos], it is harder to stand next time.” Burke said the U.S. had to be prepared somewhere in Southeast Asia to “throw enough in to win—the works.”[37] Army general George H. Decker seconded Burke, saying, “If we go in, we should go in to win, and that means bombing Hanoi, China, and maybe even using nuclear weapons.”[38] With his customary insolence toward the president, Air Force general Curtis LeMay told JFK the next day before a room full of
