#vietnam

Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#broken #had #his #johnson #man

I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#korea #old #too #vietnam #young

Neither Johnson nor his party nor the government as a whole were willing to raise, train, equip, and then send Vietnam sufficient manpower to do the job. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#government #his #job #johnson #manpower

Two thousand people a day were being murdered in Vietnam in a terrorist war, an official terrorist war. ↗

— Bill Ayers

#day #official #people #terrorist #thousand

The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice. ↗

— Marion Berry

#brave #brave men #died #men #more

I'm not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I also supported the intervention in Korea, but in this war we went in there to steal Vietnam. ↗

— Benjamin Spock

#also #hitler #i #intervention #korea

I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam. ↗

— Ed Bradley

#attached #cambodia #did #emotionally #felt

Vietnamese must be made to feel that they are racial inferiors with no right to national identity. ↗

— Wilfred Burchett

#identity #inferiors #made #must #national

It's not right to say that our loss in Vietnam turned out to be a gain. But lessons were learned. And they were the right lessons. ↗

— Tom Clancy

#learned #lessons #loss #our #out

South Vietnam faces total defeat, and soon. ↗