There are over 90 invidents of fragging in the US marine Corps. There are 600 to 800 incidents in the US Army, if not more. ibid. comment
One of the first things that Nixon does is to start the bombing of Cambodia. ibid.
Compus colleges just went berserk. ibid.
Ohio: The National Guart opening fire with teargas … and started aiming in our direction … They continued firing for 13 seconds. ibid.
Wow! We’re the aggressors. We’re the bad guys. ibid.
I got spit on coming back. ibid. veteran
They kept describing this thing we now call PTSD. ibid. medic
In 1971 it was a period of transition. The war was changing. American troops were leaving. And we were moving South Vietnamese to the front … How do we crawl out of a country standing up. Turning Point: The War in Vietnam V: The End of the Road, comment
So Nixon kept on delaying the withdrawal date in negotiations with the North Vietnamese. ibid.
The Paris Peace Talks took place while fighting was still going on. ibid.
So he [Nixon] launches the Christmas bombing. ibid.
Hanoi was not going to abide by the main provisions. ibid.
A lot of biracial babies were created. ibid.
If we were being moral, we would evacuate. ibid.
It became clear that the Americans had lost the war in Vietnam. ibid.
An unlikely country was taking advantage of the [tariffs] chaos and using it to get insanely rich. By 2024 Vietnam was the third-fastest growing economy in the world. The Invisible Hand podcast: Why Trump’s China Tariffs are Making Vietnam Insanely Rich, Youtube 2025
It’s quickly becoming one of the biggest manufacturing hubs in the world. ibid.