tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1781966654378488643.post6759062915911652549..comments2024-03-28T03:48:02.573-07:00Comments on The Reno Dispatch: Don't Believe the Media: This is NOT the 40-Year Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War!!Jamie Renohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503392544496379634noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1781966654378488643.post-82035080895466081662016-03-27T01:19:53.120-07:002016-03-27T01:19:53.120-07:00anthony, thanks for this. i hadn't seen this c...anthony, thanks for this. i hadn't seen this comment when the story ran three years agoJamie Renohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07503392544496379634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1781966654378488643.post-62180517065451314272013-03-30T14:57:02.214-07:002013-03-30T14:57:02.214-07:00What an extraordinary story behind the story... T...What an extraordinary story behind the story... Thank you for all you did. And may all those still living find peace. 91outcomeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092402936038968127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1781966654378488643.post-50760271444077333582013-03-30T13:17:14.947-07:002013-03-30T13:17:14.947-07:00Jamie:
A very timely and well written commentary o...Jamie:<br />A very timely and well written commentary on the Vietnam War. Having served in both theaters, I can tell you we did much better in Vietnam that Afghanistan. In Vietnam, we actually got a peace treaty and we, the U.S., achieved all of the stated goals we set out to achieve. Unfortunately, two years after the Paris Peace Accords were signed, the North Vietnamese realized that the U.S. had a very weak President in the form of Gerald Ford and decided to test him by directly violating the terms of the peace treaty. At that point, Ford had every justification to send the B-52 bombers over Hanoi and level the city, thus ending the "spring offensive" against the South. Instead, the poor, pathetic figure of a President did nothing and the North Vietnamese realized they had made the correct call. Unfortunately, Gerald Ford was no Richard Nixon and that's the great untold story of the Vietnam War. In Afghanistan, we were never in a position to win because we never had the courage to confront Hamid Karzai on any key points. As a result, Afghanistan was a failure from the very beginning. <br /><br />John Cook. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03547974858467506630noreply@blogger.com