WHY WE LOST SOUTH VIETNAM 🇻🇳🇺🇸 South Vietnam was not lost because defending it was wrong. It was lost because Washington destroyed its own political credibility and eventually lost the will to continue. Kennedy backed the 1963 coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm and https://t.co/vreYRakzjp #SouthVietnam #VietnamWar #PoliticalCredibility
1975 was not an unavoidable tragedy. It was a political decision. South Vietnam was fighting for survival against a communist North armed and supplied by the Soviet Union and China. And Washington walked away. The Democratic-controlled Congress cut South Vietnam’s military https://t.co/ZvZyFVVjUU #VietnamWar #PoliticalDecision #HistoryMatters #VN #RU #CN #US
Terrifying photo of a Viet Minh soldier taken prisoner at Dien Bien Phu in 1953 by the French army. Seen at the War Museum in Saigon. (translated)
US government whistling in the dark to hide their decades-long serial defeats: Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam, Korea... To be fair, they won against Grenada #USForeignPolicy #MilitaryHistory #VietnamWar #US #IR #AF #IQ #VN #KR #GD
Killing some 940,000 Iraqis and 1.5 million+ Vietnamese civilians is no longer 'the worst worst'... just the 'second worst'... #WarCrimes #VietnamWar #IraqWar #IQ #VN
RT @0xlordmicky: An elderly man named Leonard Mack wept in court today. His lawyers comforted him. In 1975, Mack was a 23-year-old Vietnam… #VietnamWar #Justice #EmotionalMoment #VN
Israel losing the New York Times is reminiscent of LBJ realising the Vietnam War was unwinnable when he said ‘We’ve lost Cronkite’ He was right. #MediaInfluence #VietnamWar #PublicPerception #IL #US #VN
RT @DeptofWar: .@USArmy 1st Lt. Douglas Bernard Fournet sacrificed his life shielding fellow soldiers from an enemy mine in Vietnam, embody… #Hero #VietnamWar #MilitaryService #US #VN
Philip Caputo, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the impactful memoir "A Rumor of War," which chronicles his disillusioning experiences as a Marine Corps officer during the Vietnam War, has passed away at 84 from cancer, leaving behind a legacy of profound wartime literature that explores the psychological and moral burdens of combat. #WarLiterature #VietnamWar #MilitaryMemoir #VN #US
Philip Caputo, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the disillusioning memoir "A Rumor of War," which candidly chronicled his experiences as a Marine Corps infantry officer during the Vietnam War, passed away at the age of 84 from cancer, leaving a profound impact on wartime literature through his exploration of the psychological and moral devastations of war. #WarLiterature #VietnamWar #MilitaryMemoir #VN #US
Philip Caputo, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the acclaimed memoir "A Rumor of War," which reveals the harrowing realities of serving as a Marine Corps officer during the Vietnam War, died at 84 due to cancer, leaving behind a profound legacy in wartime literature that explores the moral and psychological toll of combat. #WarLiterature #VietnamWar #MilitaryMemoir #VN #US
Philip Caputo, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the acclaimed memoir "A Rumor of War," which candidly recounts his experiences as a Marine Infantry officer in Vietnam, died at 84 from cancer, leaving behind a legacy of profound insights into the psychological and moral complexities of war. #VietnamWar #WarLiterature #PhilipCaputo #VN #US
