“I’m not going to be the first American president to lose a war.” That was Richard Nixon in 1969 talking about the Vietnam War. But was he right?
Now, technically, American troops departed Vietnam in 1973, two years before the fall of Saigon in 1975, but I think most of us can agree that the Vietnam War was a failure and not a win for the United States. But does anyone blame Richard Nixon alone for losing Vietnam?
It certainly wasn’t Nixon who lost the war solely. Multiple presidents had at least a hand in the long process of involvement.
