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To: steelhead_trout

“Richard Nixon, for forcing Thieu to accept the Paris Peace Accords, knowing full well that his nation was doomed because the US would never return to defend his country, no matter what Hanoi did”.

What nonsense. The Democrats in Congress precluded the President from defending of South Vietnam and, thereby, caused the war to be lost.


67 posted on 11/26/2013 9:49:48 PM PST by dodger
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To: dodger

“What nonsense. The Democrats in Congress precluded the President from defending of South Vietnam and, thereby, caused the war to be lost.”


And you think a wily politician like Tricky Dick didn’t see that coming? Theiu did, that’s why Nixon and Kissinger had to twist his arm.


69 posted on 11/27/2013 7:06:05 AM PST by steelhead_trout (MYOB)
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