On this date in 1954, President Eisenhower made this statement during a press conference:
Finally, you have broader considerations that might follow what you would call the "falling domino" principle. You have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly. So you could have a beginning of a disintegration that would have the most profound influences.
This was the first recorded instance of the theory that would get the US into a quagmire in Vietnam. I don't agree with the theory, but it gives me an excuse to feature this short video. Enjoy.
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