>Race riots at home was the last thing they needed at that time. The brewing
>tension would further undermine their war effort. So they come up with War
>on Poverty. Today, they would simply send in the marines.
Chronology is important and I think you've demonstrated you really don't know what you're talking about.
The War on Poverty legislation was introduced by Johnson in January 1964. The most severe race riots occurred afterward, particularly in the summer of 1967.