People shouldnt discount the endemic corruption of the South Vietnamese regime.
Professor Turgeson: Now, can someone tell me why, in 1975 we pulled our troops out of Vietnam?
Student: The failure of Vietnamization to win popular support caused an ongoing erosion of confidence in the various American but illegal Saigon regimes.
Professor Turgeson: Is she right? Cause I know thats the popular version of what went on there. I know a lot of people like to believe that. I wish I could, but I was there. I wasnt here in a classroom hoping I was right, thinking about it. I was up to my knees in rice paddies with guns that didnt work, going up against Charlie slugging it out with him, while pussies like you were back here partyin, puttin headbands on doin drugs, listening to the g*ddamn Beatle albums!
42 posted on 04/20/2015 6:56:33 AM PDT by oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)