Nov 2 1963 Diem killed

[eagle7-31]

Ngo Dinh Diem - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

in a coup. And it got messier after that.

 

[eagle7-31]

Ngo Dinh Diem - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

in a coup. And it got messier after that.

Upon learning of Diệm's ouster and assassination, Hồ Chí Minh reportedly stated: "I can scarcely believe the Americans would be so stupid".[172] The North Vietnamese Politburo was more explicit:

The consequences of the 1 November coup d'état will be contrary to the calculations of the US imperialists ... Diệm was one of the strongest individuals resisting the people and Communism. Everything that could be done in an attempt to crush the revolution was carried out by Diệm. Diệm was one of the most competent lackeys of the US imperialists ... Among the anti-Communists in South Vietnam or exiled in other countries, no one has sufficient political assets and abilities to cause others to obey. Therefore, the lackey administration cannot be stabilized. The coup d'état on 1 November 1963 will not be the last.[172]

After Diệm's assassination, South Vietnam was unable to establish a stable government and several coups took place. While the United States continued to influence South Vietnam's government, the assassination bolstered North Vietnamese attempts to characterize the South Vietnamese as "supporters of colonialism".[173]

 

[rampart]

Ngo Dinh Diem - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

in a coup. And it got messier after that.

3 weeks later? jfk

"now you know how it feels" madame nhu (to jackie kennedy)

"whoever has america as a friend needs no enemies." madame nhu

 

[sparky]

to my limited understanding the USofA flip flopped back then......~S~

 

[whitehall]

What was the CIA's role? LBJ let the CIA pretty much run the Vietnam conflict strategy while the generals took a back seat. How did that work out?

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Ngo Dinh Diem - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

in a coup. And it got messier after that.

Help Us Kill the Enemy, or You Are the Enemy and We Will Kill You

Ultra-Liberalism made us become fatally distracted by caring about the South Vietnamese people, who were cowards, crooks, and collaborators. We should have ignored them and gone straight into North Vietnam, as MacArthur did to North Korea.

The Invasion of Normandy wasn't at all about saving the cowardly French. That decadent country was just a stepping-stone to destroying Nazi Germany.

The RichKid Reich's sympathy for foreigners was extended into the spoiled traitor Bush's naming his nation-building war "Operation Iraqi Freedom." That's as ignorant as if Eisenhower had called his offensive "Operation German Freedom."

 

[whitehall]

Help Us Kill the Enemy, or You Are the Enemy and We Will Kill You

Ultra-Liberalism made us become fatally distracted by caring about the South Vietnamese people, who were cowards, crooks, and collaborators. We should have ignored them and gone straight into North Vietnam, as MacArthur did to North Korea.

The Invasion of Normandy wasn't at all about saving the cowardly French. That decadent country was just a stepping-stone to destroying Nazi Germany.

The RichKid Reich's sympathy for foreigners was extended into the spoiled traitor Bush's naming his nation-building war "Operation Iraqi Freedom." That's as ignorant as if Eisenhower had called his offensive "Operation German Freedom."

Naming it Operation Iraqi Freedom made a lot more sense than Clinton's anemic bombing campaign called "Operation Desert Fox" or LBJ's "Great Society" or Barry Hussein's "operation Fast/Furious" that did nothing but send illegal weapons to Mexican drug cartels. It's what administrations do