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Originally Posted by Azure
And I note the optimism by everyone.
Really?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Nixon resigned from office on August 9th, the US withdrew "completely" in December. Sure, Nixon gradually withdrew troops and let the South Vietnamese take over the operation, which happened to be very sucessful, but he never completely quit helping them.
Then Watergate happened, Nixon resigned, the US withdraw all troops and stopped all funding and the Viet Cong went through the process of exterminating all Southern Vietnamese troops and civilians.
So to hell with them right? Pull out all the troops and let the people kill themselves. Or is the cost of democracy in the Middle East worth it? |
Well the US troops were ordered to leave on March 29, 1973. Nixon was in power than and Ford another Republican succeded him in 1974. The US withdrew their financial support in Dec. 74, after Nixon cut funds in half, as the funds were not getting to the war effort and the Americans were sick of the whole situation and saw the writing on the wall. Everything that the US did in negotiating and withdrawing was a "face saving exit".
You've got some excellent rose coloured glasses.