Give them the $4billion Kissinger promised. In return they stand up to the Chicoms and join the other ASEAN nations in that endeavor. Reopen Cam Rahn Bay. Make them take all the Vietnamese gangsters in the US.
“Give them the $4billion Kissinger promised”
This is neither flame nor snark - but wasn’t the #4b contingent on them not invading the South?
“Give them the $4billion Kissinger promised. In return they stand up to the Chicoms and join the other ASEAN nations in that endeavor. Reopen Cam Rahn Bay. Make them take all the Vietnamese gangsters in the US.”
Make it a horse race between Cam Ranh and Subic; the Philippines could also use protection. Perhaps we could use both ports, thereby keeping the Chinese from using one of them. Let China have the long supply lines subject to attack. (P.S. The town and beach of Nha Trang, by Cam Ranh, is a great place and could rival Olongapo with our troops there.