Just because the French got their asses kicked, as usual, in Vietnam, doesn’t mean the US couldn’t have taken the whole dammed country.
We were simply waiting for orders, which never came.
Just because the French got their asses kicked, as usual, in Vietnam, doesn’t mean the US couldn’t have taken the whole dammed country.
We were simply waiting for orders, which never came.
“Obviously we could win in an afternoon but...”-Richard Nixon.
I was barely a teenager when I heard this on the radio. My contempt was supreme. Doesn’t matter much what he said after that.
Just because the French got their asses kicked, as usual, in Vietnam, doesn’t mean the US couldn’t have taken the whole dammed country.
We met every assigned objective. Unfortunately between the spineless politicians and the treasonous Media talking heads (howdy Walter Cronkite, is it warm where you are?) we were left hanging in the wind.