Facts are Overrated

The time is the mid-sixties and the debate over the Vietnam War just beginning.A couple of us were arguing over what public reaction really demonstrated and so decided we would take a random on the street survey. Being in a college town surveys and petitions were not all that unusual and so who would notice one more.The survey was on Foreign Policy and there were two parts:the first part pointed out that the US was involved in a war in Vietnam and opposed by Vietnamese. Should we withdraw and let the Vietnamese decide what government they wanted?the second part pointed out that our Allies from World War II the French had asked for our aid to stop a communist takeover of French Indochina. Should we go to the aid of our Allies in French Indochina?The majority of the respondents said we should withdraw in Vietnam and aid our French allies in French Indochina.