Are you so naive to think that a dedicated Soviet agent who had worked for the Comintern for the past 20+ years was just going to allow the US to OWN Vietnam?
LOL, So True.
Well, you have to admit Ho did come to the US TWICE with hat in hand.
And TWICE we had an opportunity to at least mitigate what was about to be.
OTOH, the word “IF” does NOT exit in history.
I know you know what I mean.