This post was originally written in early September 2021, but I am now just getting a chance to post it. Newspapers’ headlines triumph fully paraded that announcement in large, bold letters last week at the top of the front page. However, our enemy, radical Islamic terrorism, has a vote in that boastful declaration. The war […]
Kabul 2021 -A Saigon 1975 Redux?
Any surviving Vietnam veteran must be experiencing flashbacks of the hurried rooftop evacuations in Saigon as the North Vietnamese stormed that capitol city in 1975. Having served as USAF flight surgeon flying air evac’s in South Vietnam in the mid ‘60’s, I quickly saw the parallel, the significance of failed policy and strategic planning for […]
The Vietnam War Revisited – Part XXVIII – The Ten Thousand Day War
The Vietnam War polarized American politics for many reasons, some warranted, others not. The rancor has persisted for three generations among the diehards, revisionist historians, and the actual veteran survivors. The conflict was poorly understood and reported back then and now. There was plenty of blame to go around including the lack of accurate accounts by the media. […]
The Vietnam War Revisited – Part XXVII – The Paris Treaty
The devastating Christmas bombing succeeded in bringing North Vietnam to the negotiating table for a serious discussion this time, no more games. The relentless ‘Dogs of War” bombardment convinced Hanoi to settle. Nixon’s last-ditch gambit focused their attention on coming to terms. He took the risk of collective condemnation at home and abroad for the […]
The Vietnam War Revisited- Part XXVI – It’s Not Over Yet
Just when you thought the Vietnam war was winding down following Nixon’s landslide reelection in November 1972, it was just getting started in regards to the magnitude and extent of the targeted bombing. Nixon released the ‘Dogs of War’ after exhaustive attempts for a settlement with North Vietnam failed. Here’s the background. By 1972, the […]
The Vietnam War Revisited- Part XXV – Nixon Landslide
Despite the ongoing domestic chaos and anti-war activism, Richard Milhouse Nixon won the November, 1972 Presidential election in a landslide, carrying 49 of 50 States. Many issues contributed to his reelection. As with almost anything associated with the Vietnam War, the factors leading to his landslide victory involved complicated dynamics. Nixon’s Democrat opponent, George McGovern, […]
