[Exton1]

I can write more if you want. Let me know

[RLK]

What is also not widely known is that Nixon’s Christmas bombing almost won the war. The communist leader in Hanoi, said that had the bombing continued for a day or two longer they WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP UNCONDITIONALLY.

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This has been known for years among those of us who have studied military science and tactics. The British general who wiped out the communists in the Malay Penninsula said that within two more weeks of boming, Hanoi would have thrown in the towel. But, at the time, the leftists in congress aided by the leftists in the media, stopped Nixon from doing it.

[KantianBurke]

bump

[RLK]

Because of the action of the South’s president, the Communists met little if any resistance and took the country in about 3 months.

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Sorry, not so. The North had gathered together a number of concentrated armored divisions. By that time, the U. S. military was forbidden to give the south Aid or supplies. If American airpower had been allowed to be brought in the entire armored force would have been wiped out in four hours and Hanoi would have been finished. As it was, there was no way the South could stand up to that force.

[xJones]

Do the Viet Namese appreciate the *dedicated* efforts of the American left-wing and such grandstanding traitors such as Jane Fonda? Do they appreciate receiving their communist government due to American radicals?

[Illbay]

The truth is that we had just destroyed the Viet Cong. They spent several years and all they had at us, and we kicked their butts. In fact the communist were surprised that we did not declare victory then.

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What is also not widely known is that Nixon’s Christmas bombing almost won the war.

Oh, good. Now we can all feel better, knowing that we really "won" in Vietnam.

Next up: The slaveholding states "really won" the Civil War, and to this day the free states are surprised that they didn't declare victory right after Bull Run.

[Cagey]

Walter Cronkite, a proclaimed communist, lied when he said after the “Tet Offensive” that we were in a quagmire.

Cronkite, a proclaimed communist? Who proclaimed him? Cronkite is far from being a conservative American, but he is no communist. You do little for your vanity when you start an article with proclomations such as this one.

[afz400]

From what I have heard, Viet Nam can undercut China on wages (10 cents an hour vs 35 cents). The Chinese are now starting to complain that they dont make enough, which will make American companies take their factories to VietNam. Vietnamese are skilled enough to make the same products the Chinese are making (furniture especially). Of course in the meantime American furniture workers are without jobs and will probably end up working at WalMart or Rooms to Go for miniumum wage. Makes it all worth 50,000 Americans dead, doesn't it?

[LibKill]

During the seige of Khe San, 1 (that's ONE) C-130 was shot down and burned on the landing strip.

The communists at the big three networks ran film of that night after night, making it appear to the public that the commies were shooting down our whole air force.

[per loin]

Even today the ratio of women to men is about 5 to 1.

Source of this stat?

[rockfish59]

Excellent!
Watergate, shmottergate.....Nixon was THE MAN!!!

My brother (on the right) and fellow 'Wolfhounds' at Cu-Chi, 1966!

[nightdriver]

"The lesson of Viet Nam is that, you do not go to war with a country unless you plan to finish the job and win."

The democRATs wouldn't even let us try to win the war as it was. "No, you can't bomb Hanoi, No you can't mine Haiphong harbor, No you can't take out the Ho Chi Minh Trail, No you can't follow the little bastards into Cambodia, and you have to back the ships 20 miles off the coast so the North Vietnamese can re-supply their Cong fighters in the South.

Sheeeeesh!! Don't ever let a democRAT run a war for the U.S.A. unless you want our country to be utterly disgraced!

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[slimer]

I really enjoyed reading this. In hind sight, we learned some important lessons from Viet Nam but it's astounding to learn that we were within hours of achieving victory and pulled out.

I have met a number of Vietnamese people who are now living in the U.S and every one of them are kind, humble, generous and family oriented. Too many Americans do not understand what hardship really is.

[Chu Gary]

"The average income is about $80.00 per month. When I was there I read a story about a family of four or five who got by on about $1,200 a year. The populace are fairly intelligent and realize that if they are to grow they have to get rid of Communist rule. Even though the government has repressed anti-government talk. It will only be a matter of time before even they ended up on the ash heap of history."

Good post, Extoni. I live in HCMC part-time. The avg earnings per person is more like US $30 per month. And, I think your statement about "the government has repressed anti-government talk" is directionally right but falls way short of hitting the mark.

[Exton1]

Some truths behind the photos.

The famous photo of a man handcuffed, a man walks up puts a gun to his head and kills him. The truth is that the man killed was a communist that had just killed a family of four or five. The murder was witnessed by a S. Vietnamese General, who ordered the man executed. The soldier ask to kill the communist, balked because of the news cameras. The General, became frustrated so we walked up and make photo history.

The young girl running naked from bomb attack. The cowardly communist had placed a spy and command center plus had stored ammo in the middle of a residential neighborhood. The South Vietnamese knew this and sent planes to take it out. It was not clear if the girl has injured by the bombing or by the explosions that followed. Later she came to the USA for corrective surgery.

[Khurkris]

I truly mean you no disrespect, but what you are posting is not anything new. What are you rying to say here? People who have actually seen/lived/researched the VN War have come to the same conclusion. Westminster, CA, home of "Little Saigon", is full of Viet's who will testify to the facts you point out. What is the reason for this post?

[185JHP]

It was a ggod news/bad news situation - the good news, we killed at least a million of 'em. The bad news, that turned out not to be enough. Too many of the people in the South were too vile and/or stupid, greedy, lazy, venal and ignorant to fight hard enough - they were happy to let us do the fighting for 'em. I don't weep for the Southerners at all. The Vietnamese are held in contempt by most SEAsians.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Thank you, thank you, for this post - and please do write more. I will never forget (and only by God's grace will I forgive) the likes of Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather and company for their lies of that era. Their ilk are still here today with the lies continuing - except this time they are siding with the TERRORIST KILLERS who directly attacked America!!!! Your report is so wonderful and, may God bless each and every American (and others) who fought the Communist butchers!

[stig]

We won the war they were too stupid to know it. Why has it taken 30 years for Vietnam to even appear in the economic nomenclature of the american economy?? Because they lost. The only market to sell to is the United States and the communists made sure they wouldn;t be selling anything to us for 30 years. It would have been 50 if they hadn't come to their senses and realized we weren't their enemy the Chinese were. The only people who think we lost are a few reds in vietnam and the press here in america.

[PLK]

Have you read Nelson DeMille's latest book, Up Country? The author is a Vietnam vet and writes GREAT books. This one, though fiction and not autobiographical, does capture his war experiences and recent travel to Vietnam. You must read it.