Source: Common Dreams
by Arnold Oliver
“April 30th marks the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War’s end when Vietnamese tanks rolled into Saigon, soon to be renamed Ho Chi Minh City. The war was a terrible experience for the United States, but even more so for the people of Vietnam and much of the rest of Southeast Asia. Estimates are that up to 3 million Vietnamese perished, as well many many thousands of Cambodians and Laotians. Fifty-eight thousand American died, and a trillion American tax dollars were wasted. Many of us who were there are still trying to understand and come to grips with it. Based on years of study, here is what I think people still get wrong about the war.” (04/30/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/wrong-about-vietnam-war