[ExTxMarine]

To suggest this was a Nixonian triumph is a bit much.

I am sorry, but you are incorrect. Nixon did, in fact, end the Vietnam war, and left the country in control of the South Vietnamese.

However, the Democrat controlled Congress passed laws that forbade any further US involvement or cost in Vietnam. This was a sign to the North Vietnamese that they could then re-attack South Vietnam without the threat of US armed forces.

In other words, at the point of the boat lifts and fall of Saigon, Nixon's hands were TIED and there was NOTHING that he could have done - legally - to support South Vietnam. Nixon left with clean hands - the death and massacre that followed was because of the Democrat controlled Congress!

[laplata]

I am sorry, but you are incorrect. Nixon did, in fact, end the Vietnam war, and left the country in control of the South Vietnamese.

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Most of us Vietnam vets who were in the Army in 1972 voted for Nixon. You are correct.