“The South Vietnamese were perhaps a little bit slow in doing things, they jump on, on the problem and they try to do themselves everything. Or, they try to have some short cuts with the, those people they were dealing with.” PeopleTryingLittlesProblemBitsCuttingLittle BitSouthVietnameseShort Cuts Author:Bui Diem
“With all my traveling around the world I would say that South Vietnam was not as corrupted as people want to talk about it because it is a matter of degrees.” PeopleWorldWantMatterDegreesSouthAround The WorldVietnam Author:Bui Diem
“I have to admit it that the large quantity of US money poured into Vietnam provoked ii...a lot of bad habits.” HabitVietnamQuantityBad HabitsProvoked Author:Bui Diem
“We South Vietnamese, we are very concerned about the ah, the fact that the communists are - were very shrewd in trying to take advantage of the American presence in South Vietnam to make the propaganda that they were the only one who fought for the independence of the country and against the, only foreigners, first the French and after that the Americans.” TryingFirstsCountryFactsAdvantageConcernedIndependenceSouthPropagandaCommunistVietnamForeignersVietnamese Author:Bui Diem
“The way the Americans behaved created among the South Vietnamese a lot of habits, a lot of bad habits I would say.” WayHabitSouthBad HabitsVietnamese Author:Bui Diem
“I would say that the Vietnamese should remember that they didn't have exactly the same mobility the way the Americans have. They didn't have the same kind of equipment that the Americans have and that they have to fight their own war.” WayShouldKindWarRememberFightingEquipmentMobilityVietnamese Author:Bui Diem
“I don't like the word nuclear exchange, it's like an exchange of wheat and so on. It's a horrible term and I always cross it out when I see it somewhere.” TermCrossesNuclearHorribleWheat Author:Fred Ikle
“I'm not a representative of the military establishment. I came in with the Reagan Administration in 1981 as a presidential appointee.” MilitaryAdministrationPresidentialEstablishmentRepresentatives Author:Fred Ikle
“The Soviets are not just looking at Moscow, they have a very extensive program of not only research, development, they have built this radar net around the whole country. One of those radars has become infamous because it's a clear violation of the ABM Treaty. They have an infrastructure and they are well prepared to develop a nationwide defensive system.” WellsCountryWholeClearDevelopmentResearchBuiltProgramPreparedInfrastructureViolationTreatiesRadarMoscowInfamous Author:Fred Ikle
“I think the important point is the turning point in combining offense and defense in a reasonable way.” ThinkingWayImportantDefenseReasonableOffenseTurning PointsCombiningOffense And Defense Author:Fred Ikle