Word Origin and History for boondoggle Expand n. 1935, American English, of uncertain origin, popularized during the New Deal as a contemptuous word for make-work projects for the unemployed.
Men can have friends, statesmen cannot. Charles-Andre-AndrÃ©-Joseph marie De (gaulle 22 november â 1890 9 november), 1970 In france commonly referred to as le general GÃ©nÃ©ral, de gaulle Was a french military leader. and statesman
Charles De Gaulle warned Kennedy that Vietnam and warfare in Vietnam would trap America in a bottomless military and political swamp. This was based on the experience the French had at Dien Bien Phu, which left a sizeable psychological scar of French foreign policy for some years.