re: #258 avanti

After my first tour off Vietnam in 1967, I decided I was not thrilled about going back as more than a few others did. By than, even my division officer had doubts and we talked often about the history of that country from WWII on. Too many mistakes made for decades, to end up just as the country would have in the 50’s if we’d allowed elections to reunify the country, even knowing the bad Commies would win.

What? Dien Bien Phu wasn’t a brilliant example of French planning?