If he is referring to the American public, then I would agree wholeheartedly......
But if he is referring to the Vietnamese who he is helping to defend, then I would disagree.
I don't think there is one first generation Vietnamese who made it to the U.S. who is ungrateful for our sacrifices in Vietnam.........
With that being said, those who were never able to escape the country and felt the wrath of the invasion of the North Vietnamese in 1975, I'm sure they would have some hostility towards the United States, thanks in part to our own Democrat controlled congress who refused to appropriate additional military assistance for South Vietnam in the event that the North violated the Paris Peace Accords of 1973...........
Which they did and the rest is history.......
I assumed the American public, but I don’t know now that you bring that up.
Even though my dad was in Vietnam (first part of 60s), I don’t know a whole lot about the history of it at all. I know it spans MANY years. I can remember the boat kids showing up at my school in 1975/76 in the 3rd grade.
One night while watching NetFlix a couple of months back, I saw the Last Days in Vietnam (made by a Kennedy, but I thought fairly unbiased) and I REALLY enjoyed it. It made me feel so proud of the people that were over there. So many of them were trying/doing the right thing. It made me really feel for the Vietnamese, too.
It’s on YT as well as NF if anyone is interested in seeing it. Here is the link:
Last Days in Vietnam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWXNXcGvT68
Looks like they found that video on YT and expurgated it to a trailer.
Here is another link for the documentary for however long it stays up:
Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y09oDChxqfY