How Jane Fonda’s 1972 trip to North Vietnam earned her the nickname ‘Hanoi Jane’

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Originally Posted by jeffdoorgunner

Please read this..especially down to the part about after 1968............... https://www.globalsecurity.org/milit...m/rvn-arvn.htm

I read it...and what comes clear..is that they were combat capable..with US air support and US logistics trains--as noted, there was a direct correlation between US involvement and ARVN combat effectiveness.

Individual Units of the ARVN performed effectively--but they were at best a 2nd tier force..and they simply did not have the esprit and will to win..when the chips were down.

We propped them up..and when we left..they fell..in large part due to the will of the majority of the Vietnamese people..who were virulently anti-American, by that time.

Most of my friends who served in Vietnam and had experience with the ARVN are quite contemptuous of them..especially the officer corps--who were known to be lazy and corrupt...and quite unreliable in terms of combat support..especially at night.

Your experience may have been different..I cannot speak to it, of course.

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Originally Posted by desertdetroiter

Always remember that Conservatives are almost ALWAYS the bootlickers of powerful people, and they wince at the thought of going after them no matter what.

Fonda is an easier target. They'll go to her book signings to spit on her, but they'll shine Kissinger's shoes.

They should be spitting on Trump now.