“In point of fact all Americans are automatically turned down by China these days because of the escalation of Johnson's war in Vietnam, which several times has intruded into China.” WarFactsChinaThese DaysVietnamJohnsonTurned DownEscalation Author:Anna Louise Strong
“Think about this - some of us actively fighting to remove Saddam Hussein don't agree with the cause themselves, but they're doing their duty. And it is our duty as loyal Americans to shut up once the fighting begins, unless - unless facts prove the operation wrong, as was the case in Vietnam.” ThinkingFactsFightingCausesCasesDutyProveAgreeOperationsRemoveVietnamLoyalShut UpSaddamHussein Author:Bill O'Reilly
“I was largely drinking to forget where I was. When you’re in a place like Vietnam, you get to a point where you don’t care any more. You’re in a place that’s foreign to you, and you know for a fact that many people there hate you and will kill you if they get the chance. It really does something to your mind to know that many of the people living around you don’t like you and want you to die.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantMindDoeFactsCareHateDiesChanceForgetLike YouDrinkingDon't CareVietnamHate You Author:Si Robertson
“It is a key fact about American policy in Vietnam that the withdrawel of American troops was built into it from the start. None of the presidents who waged war in Vietnam contemplated an open-ended campaign; all promised the public that American troops would be able to leave in the not-too-remote future. The promise of withdrawel precluded a policy of occupation of the traditional colonial sort, in which a great power simply imposes its will on a small one indefinitely.” WarFactsWould BeAblePresidentPolicyKeysPromiseBuiltCampaignsTraditionalOccupationVietnamTroopsGreat PowerAmerican Troops Author:Jonathan Schell
“The people in our country and in America and in all West European countries, they have to gorge and guzzle so that they don't even start to think about the fact that we have something to do with Vietnam or what it might be about, OK?” PeopleThinkingCountryFactsMightAmericaWestOur CountryVietnamEuropean CountriesGorges Author:Gudrun Ensslin