Who knew Lyndon Johnson would prove to be a prophet?

In a 1954 speech, then Senator Johnson said this when talking about the US getting into Vietnam:

"Today it is Indochina, where brave soldiers have fought and died in a French fort with an unpronounceable name while our own attention has been distracted . . . Tomorrow Asia may be in flames. And the day after, the Western alliance, which the Democrats so painstakingly built up brick by brick, will be in ruins."

  When Liberals Were Hawks: Liberal militarism, the Republican Right, and the cold war - Princeton.edu

Of course, Lyndon himself was up to his eyeballs in responsibility for the track we're on.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.