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LeftInTX

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28. I'm upset over South Vietnam's leadership.

Sat Sep 23, 2017, 12:18 AM

Sep 2017

Diem was South Vietnam's corrupt president from 1954-1963. Just awful.

Why were we helping them? They never wanted us. It wasn't a case of them getting tired of us. They never wanted us there in the first place. The S Vietnamese would alert the N Vietnamese when Americans were in the area. This was way back in 1963.

Then they overthrew Diem in a coup and installed a new regime every month or so. I have no idea if there was any leadership at all in that country by 1966.

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I keep watching the Vietnam War and it just makes me angry [View all] question everything Sep 2017 OP

It is so well done. I feel a lot of sorrow, watching it. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2017 #1

we just started tonight (back from vacation) - through first episode and half of the second NRaleighLiberal Sep 2017 #2

You can watch... TeeYiYi Sep 2017 #3

Hey thanks! CountAllVotes Sep 2017 #5

Thanks for the link! My cable is not working and I have been too busy to schedule repair. Tanuki Sep 2017 #23

thanks gopiscrap Sep 2017 #42

Vietnam sucked so bad! CountAllVotes Sep 2017 #4

The music! FuzzyRabbit Sep 2017 #20

That's how I put the 60s in perspective. SergeStorms Sep 2017 #22

This was McNamara's war at this point. dogman Sep 2017 #6

And McNamara knew he was full of shit, but hey, his business charts looked great dalton99a Sep 2017 #7

We made it to 3 and taking a break. mountain grammy Sep 2017 #8

it made me angry then, it makes me angry now spanone Sep 2017 #9

The helicopter was ubiquitous in Vietnam due to lack of runway space. LeftInTX Sep 2017 #10

Why stop there? Xolodno Sep 2017 #11

I've watched documentaries and read books about WWI NobodyHere Sep 2017 #27

Real estate grab, resource plunder, prestige..... Xolodno Sep 2017 #37

We taped it and just watched the first one CanonRay Sep 2017 #12

The balance of death thing you mention is called the "crossover point". Elwood P Dowd Sep 2017 #13

I was drafted in 1966. Came home from the war in March 68 right after Tet. wasupaloopa Sep 2017 #38

America was racist Not Ruth Sep 2017 #14

WAS? CountAllVotes Sep 2017 #16

Racism-It was an explanation of why America lost to Vietnam and may still lose to North Korea Not Ruth Sep 2017 #19

...... raven mad Sep 2017 #15

That's what I'm afraid of! Laffy Kat Sep 2017 #17

I'm upset over South Vietnam's leadership. LeftInTX Sep 2017 #28

I wonder if they will mention the massacre at My Lai in 1969. BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #18

I'm sure Burns will spend plenty of time on My Lai, William Calley et al. MrPurple Sep 2017 #31

I wonder if they interviewed him for the series since he is still alive. BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #32

Interesting, Ellsburg has gotten a lot of coverage,Calley & the other soldiers from hisunit haven't MrPurple Sep 2017 #46

They are going into such Snackshack Sep 2017 #35

I think My Lai was in 1968? kentuck Sep 2017 #47

You're right , it did. The word started to get out by the end of 68 BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #49

War is a racket.nt zentrum Sep 2017 #21

Good song for this thread: Ken Burch Sep 2017 #24

I watched the second episode was really upset by the Diem regime LeftInTX Sep 2017 #25

stupidity and vanity elleng Sep 2017 #26

Watching it too. Kath2 Sep 2017 #29

It is a... Snackshack Sep 2017 #30

Like the Civil War, it is of the past. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #33

To us who were in the war the past is hard to forget wasupaloopa Sep 2017 #39

I spent my share of the Vietnam war in the Air Force... Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #40

It is making me sick to my stomach as we speak. Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #34

I was there in 1967 and 68. We were really stunned to see fighting wasupaloopa Sep 2017 #36

As expected, Ken Burns has out done himself.....It's excellent. And yes, Upthevibe Sep 2017 #41

And 3,000,000 Vietnamese were killed Beringia Sep 2017 #43

To start - LBJ was a lying sack of shit, and the fucking French started it and made it worse Baclava Sep 2017 #44

Yo, that POW footage of McCain was HARD TO WATCH MariaCSR Sep 2017 #45

Piece-of-shit war. So glad I actively protested against it. Paladin Sep 2017 #48