The headline is 100% inaccurate.
There is exactly one group responsible for the loss of Vietnam and that was the leftist democrats who took control of Congress and refused any aid to South Vietnam after Nixon was removed from office.
Nixon had bombed and mined the North Vietnamese into submission he had a peace agreement which guaranteed South Vietnam’s security.
After Nixon resigned, Congress cut off all aid to South Vietnam even though the North launched a full scale tank assault in violation of the peace agreement.
President Ford went on television pleading for Congress to provide equipment to the South Vietnamese.
Their refusal also led to the murder of millions in Cambodia and to hundreds of thousands of boat people fleeing South East Asia. Many more were placed in Communist concentration camps.
America could desperately use its deep water naval port at Cam Ranh Bay against the Chinese, but the short sightedness of leftists and defeatists denied us that, as well as denying our allies freedom.
You spelled it out perfectly. Thanks from a VN combat vet.
Boy that sobering. Good re-cap.
Kissinger ranks right along side McNamara, Walter Cronkite
and LBJ. Spit!
Excellent post.
Excellent post. Five Star.
The Vietnam war was started & lost by the Washington war machine. A fully owned subsidiary of the Democrats & the Neocons.
I do not think Nixon nor Henry Kissinger was a member of either.
Thanks for posting this excellent summary re Vietnam:
“The headline is 100% inaccurate.
There is exactly one group responsible for the loss of Vietnam and that was the leftist democrats, who took control of Congress and refused any aid to South Vietnam after Nixon was removed from office.
Nixon had bombed and mined the North Vietnamese into submission he had a peace agreement which guaranteed South Vietnam’s security.
After Nixon resigned, Congress cut off all aid to South Vietnam even though the North launched a full scale tank assault in violation of the peace agreement.
President Ford went on television pleading for Congress to provide equipment to the South Vietnamese.
Their refusal also led to the murder of millions in Cambodia and to hundreds of thousands of boat people fleeing South East Asia. Many more were placed in Communist concentration camps.
America could desperately use its deep water naval port at Cam Ranh Bay against the Chinese, but the short sightedness of leftists and defeatists denied us that, as well as denying our allies freedom.
100% The whole thing goes on Tip O’Neil’s shoulders.
“Their refusal also led to the murder of millions in Cambodia...”
And Laos.
Confirming the “Domino Theory” that the leftists say was an imaginary fear.
“President Ford went on television pleading for Congress to provide equipment to the South Vietnamese.”
Even with all the support in the world the South Vietnamese army was going to crumble.
Any equipment sent over would merely have been gifts to the communists once they took over.
That’s the part most don’t know...
Vietnam was also about keeping china out of that port...
Thanks for clearing that up. Democrats de-funded the defense of South Vietnam.
Yes, that is correct.
Alternate history being written.
Afghanistan is the latest leftist unnecessary surrender.