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To: TimF who wrote (320442)	1/12/2007 7:16:25 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573434

"The reduction of support for the ARVN was a big reason while Saigon fell. " No it wasn't. The biggest reason was the government was thoroughly corrupt and the aid we were sending was used to line pockets instead of going where it was intended. en.wikipedia.org

To: TimF who wrote (320442)	1/13/2007 8:54:51 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573434

The reduction of support for the ARVN was a big reason while Saigon fell. Perhaps the funds were not 100% cut off before the fall but they were reduced, and other forms of support (notably air support which helped crush the "Easter Offensive" after the US had pulled out most of our ground forces) had been eliminated. The war was lost...when will you guys get it that a foreign power can't hold a recalcitrant indigenous nation? The british learned many time over. "Sooner or later you will leave.." Ghandi circa 1945 Al