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Is there any way that LBJ after 1965 could've made Op ROLLING THUNDER into a definitive no holds barred strategic bombing campaign against North Vietnam (by removing the restrictive rules of engagement imposed on US aviators, for 1), similar to what happened during LINEBACKER I & II during 1972 ? How much better off would the US war effort & South Vietnam have been had LeMay's B52s been unleashed earlier to bomb the crap out of Hanoi and Haiphong, to the extent that they were later ?
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