Losing Battle

If someone in power say's "we are going to do it this way and with little interaction", will it actually happen? During the Vietnam War, this did not happen and went in the opposite direction of what was said. At the start of the war, the Johnson Administration stated that the war would be done in "cold blood" and also a limited war. The limited war that the Administration saw was little confrontation, little domestic impact, limited resources and bodies. The goals that were said were never achieved and it was seen among the people across the nation. With the Johnson Administration not keeping its word on a "little interaction" war, the Administration met with a lot of civil unrest and protesters across the country.

( http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/history/index.html - "The War In America")