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Originally posted by m21sniper
It is 100% factually accurate that the democratic congress cut off all funding to South Vietnam.
It is also factually accurate that in 1973 when the north launched a major invasion and said funding to the south was intact that the South Vietnamese kicked their asses and repelled the invasion.
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With substantial emergency military aid from the US government, they rushed in the new TOW missile equipped UH-1M's. That effort stopped the North Vietnamese armor columns dead. So, you're in error.
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Just as it is factually accurate that in 1975 with no US aid the South got steamrolled.
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Kissinger et al wanted a reescalation via military funding, the US congress said no, that is correct, which occured in 1975. The war was over, as far as Americans were concerned, and said as much to their congressmen. I was certainly happy about it. The south-Vietnamese government was being run by a corrupt war-lord by this time, who should have met the same fate as Diem. I think he lives in Southern California these days, occaisionally appearing on TV.