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Joey
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Re: The New and Improved Joey? thread
Reply #6341 - Aug 6th, 2011 at 6:41pm
" The collapse of the South Vietnamese has been attributed to any number of causes , but , over time , three have stood out as the most prominent . One , a simple matter of fact , had to do with the termination of political support , reduction of material support , and eventually even denial of fiscal support to the South Vietnamese by their American ally . This was the work of the Congress , wrought over the strong and eventually agonized protests of the administration , military leaders , and of course the South Vietnamese . It stood in stark contrast to the uninterrupted support rendered North Vietnam by her Soviet and Chines allies . Ambassador Bunker , for one , argued that " we eventually defeated ourselves , but wew were not defeated when we signed the Paris Peace treaties . We had, I think , then achieved our objective . The fact that it slipped our grasp was our own doing. "
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