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I am the same age cohort as Host and distinctly remember Nixon's attempt to leave 'nam under a "Peace with Honor" slogan. The pictures of people desperately trying to get on the last helicoptor out of Saigon speak to that honor. The Vietnamese boat people arriving on our shores spoke to that honor. The Cambodian and Laos supporters left behind to be murdered speak to that honor. The murdered civilians of the former South Vietnam speak to that honor.
There was no hand tied behind the military's back. It was a futile effort, already abandoned by the French, and fueled on by the lies of McNamera and others. You might recogonize some of those names in Bush's current administration.
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