Eisboch wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
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Not in this case. The U.S. troops "evacuated" because they were being
"chased."




Let's stop your bull**** version of history Harry. Here, I'll cut and
paste an accurate summary of what really happened:


"Nixon had been elected on a promise to Vietnamize the war, meaning more
fighting would be turned over to the South Vietnamese army, and to start
bringing home American troops. When the President ordered US troops into
Cambodia and ordered more bombings, the result was a tremendous uproar
at home with more marches and demonstrations. Congress reacted to the
antiwar feeling and repealed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which gave
the President the authority to send troops and fight the war in Vietnam.
The United States did not lose the Vietnam War. Although some may argue
that by pulling out of South Vietnam we did just that. In 1972, North
Vietnam finally realized that the war was a stalemate. The two sides met
and arranged a cease fire. In January of 1973 the Paris Accords went
into effect. The US agreed to withdraw all its troops from Vietnam in 60
days. Congress had stopped funding the war effort. The North Vietnamese
government agreed to release all prisoners, which they never did. Free
elections were to be held in Vietnam. The President of South Vietnam
considered the agreement between North Vietnam and the US as a sell out.
But it allowed President Nixon to save face and bring the soldiers home.
By 1975, after US troops had been pulled out of South Vietnam, the ARVN
(Army of the Republic of South Vietnam) collapsed and the North
Vietnamese moved into Saigon, ending the war and finalizing the take
over of the South by the North. Our purpose in the war is debated to
this day."

From:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_Pr...war_in_Vietnam


Eisboch


The United States lost the war it waged against Vietnam, just as the
French did. We left the same way, too. Oh...our remaining troops had to
be evacuated out off rooftops.