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Originally Posted by Wormius
I was really surprised how many of these conversations between the US presidents and various entities were recorded while they were discussing what a mess Vietnam was. Was that White House norm to record all conversations?
Nixon really should have been charged with treason in scuttling those talks between North and South Vietnam.
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I think the thing that really hits home was how much emphasis the Presidents put into staying in Vietnam despite knowing that it was an unwinnable fiasco just so 'they dont look bad.'
Its like they had no concept of history or hindsight, because in future they'd likely have been given a lot of credit for abandoning the War in Vietnam early once they knew it was unwinnable as opposed to being vilified as idiots who threw American lives at a problem that they created and that wasnt really a problem.
They ended up screwing the people they were trying to help and killing a bunch of their own citizens and just people who happened to be in the way because they just lived there.
Especially since we now know that if you want Communism to fail all you have to do is give it time.