“Tonight I can report that Vietnamization has succeeded.” President Richard Nixon April 7, 1971
Vietnamization did succeed. By the end of 1971, the Viet Cong was contained if not moribund. Had we armed South Vietnam with weapons and honored our security guarantee, in 1974-75 the north would never have invaded or they would have been repulsed. Sadly, the two greatest victories for the communists were the false reporting of the Tet Offensive and the Watergate Scandal. The first pushed the Democrats to the left and the second gave the leftists power.