Jackie Chan Quotes
I hate violence, yes I do. It's kind of a dilemma, huh?.
"Jackie Chan Interview." Los Angeles Times, Nant Capital, 15 Sept. 1998.
The Pentagon had requested 2 more battalions of Marines to protect the Danang Air Base in Vietnam. The President was persuaded that since the South Vietnamese could not be motivated to fight, that we would not likely defeat the Vietcong and that we should negotiate a an American exit. However, his security and military advisors told Johnson that unless the manpower request was granted, our major airbase in Vietnam could fall to the enemy with large American Casualties. And there was no assurance that the North Vietnamese would even be willing to negotiate. Johnson realized at that point in time that the Vietnam War was unwinnable unless we resorted to nuclear weapons. With American lives that needed “protection” the President was caught in the dilemma that brought down his administration. He again escalated the war when he wanted to do the opposite but felt that he could not.
Chan Kong-sang (listen) SBS MBE PMW, known professionally as Jackie Chan, is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist, who is known for his slapstick acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself. He has trained in Wushu or Kung Fu and Hapkido, and has been acting since the 1960s, performing in more than 150 films. He is one of the most popular action film stars of all-time.
