Vietnam War through O'Brien's The Things They Carried

1:55 learn how to spell, leftist peacenik fools

If America had not started the war, South Vietnam would have fallen into communism in 1954 and more Vietnamese would have been murdered in cultural revolutions like those launched by Mao in China (20 million deaths) & Khmer Rouge in Cambodia (2 millions)

Total Vietnamese democide by communists: 1,040,000 (1975-87) by HCR.

Excutions: 100,000
Camp Deaths: 95,000
Forced Labor: 48,000
Democides in Cambodia: 460,000
Democides in Laos: 87,000
Vietnamese Boat People: 500,000 deaths.

puting a picture of colin farrell in this vod is stupid. he's a actor and wasent even alive during vietnam.

On April 29, 1975, I watched the last chopter leave, leave people I promised to help, but my government decided was not worth the money. I resigned the next day after 15 years.
The war in S.E.A was going on years before we got involved, ask the French.

Good Video, good message, from a boots on the ground veteran who was there and left many friends behind.

Vietnam could've possibly been as Great as Japan or China if this war never happened. BTW NORTH VIETNAM STARTED THE WAR NOT AMERICA !

@omghellapissed,
Learn the TRUTH. Is that what the propaganda machine told you? What do you know about war? Which war movie were you watching?

@omghellapissed thats really funny since it was America that artificially divided vietnam into north and south. so if north started the war and US created south and north for their own geopolitics; then isnt that saying US started the war. also its funny you say south vietnamese were on the US especially when most of viet cong members were from the south. Please read some history. One thing that was obvious from this war is that US really didnt think it through.

@omghellapissed your right vietnam could have been like china and japan but is wasnt because someone delivered unto them unwanted gifts such as nepalm bombs,agent orange and absolute carnage for 30 years. That someone according to you must be north vietnam; oh wait, well I'l be damned that was us the whole time. I dont know who keeps giving you thumbs up cuz you obviously dont know what your talking about and by the way US started the war; they blocked the elections in vietnam which led to war

sorry no, neither of them started it hehe. Back to the books again.