In all things, there are factors which encourage, and factors which discourage, and in the end, you get what you get. The French worked as hard as possible to

In all things, there are factors which encourage, and factors which discourage, and in the end, you get what you get. The French worked as hard as possible to get American military support in Vietnam so they could remain the colonial power. They did a very good job of it. It was all an appalling tragedy. All the Vietnamese wanted was independence, and in particular from the appalling misrule of the French.