#vietnam

A president who is burdened with a failed and unpopular war, and who has lost the trust of the country, simply can no longer govern. He is destined to become as much a failure as his war. ↗

— Glenn Greenwald

#governance #iraq-war #lyndon-b-johnson #politics #united-states

Vietnam was a country where America was trying to make people stop being communists by dropping things on them from airplanes. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#america #bombs #communism #communists #vietnam

I had a lot of fun in Cambodia, much more so in Cambodia than Vietnam. ↗

— Ed Bradley

#fun #had #i #lot #more

One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you'd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#ended #good #good things #gulf #gulf war

I think Operation Smile is in more than 22 countries, mostly Third World. It just happened that my schedule opened up at the time they were heading to Vietnam. ↗

— Roma Downey

#happened #heading #i #i think #just

As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#aware #commander #i #opinion #potency

By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they? ↗

— William Westmoreland

#end #heck #how #i #impossible

Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#every #involved #militarily #out #succeeded

The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#dead #just #listed #masterpiece #memorial

When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#command #emphasis #food #gave #great