Once we had gotten to the point where we were in 1973,
there was no good way to proceed in Vietnam. I do not see what Nixon could have done
that would have been any better.
By that time, it was clear
that we could not win this war. Our military was doing fine, but the political
situation was completely unwinnable. So our choice was to try to stay forever and prop
up the South Vietnamese government, or to get out.
I think
that the way we got out was tragic. Perhaps we should have done more for the people who
had been on our side. But staying was not the answer and once we decided to get out,
there was no way out that was going to be good.
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