“We shouldn't have been deployed in Vietnam.”
Rick Rescorla (1939–2001) War hero, victim and hero of 9/11
Interview (July 1998)
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Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
An interview on The Howard Stern Show, 1993, archived by People https://people.com/politics/trump-boasted-of-avoiding-stds-while-dating-vaginas-are-landmines-it-was-my-personal-vietnam/ <br class="br">1990s
“Vietnam was worse than immoral — it was a mistake.”
Dean Acheson (1893–1971) Statesman and lawyer
Reported in Alistair Cooke, Letter from America: 1946-2004 (2004), page 378.
“I think the Vietnamese are better off in Vietnam.”
George S. McGovern (1922–2012) American politician, Congressman, senator, Democratic presidential candidate
In Newsweek May 5, 1975. Quoted by Quang X. Pham in Ford's Finest Legacy http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/29/AR2006122901070.html in the Washington Post 30 December 2006.
“I have a feeling that we are doing better in the war [in Vietnam] than the people have been told.”
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)
As quoted in Los Angeles Times (16 October 1967)
1960s
“If every student was like me in college, we'd still be in Vietnam.”
Larry David (1947) American comedian, writer, actor, and television producer
September 13, 2005 http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-09-13-larry-david_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA
“I have a promise to keep; to return to a free and democratic Vietnam.”
Nguyen Khanh (1927–2013) South Vietnamese soldier
2000s, A Bag of Earth, A Promise To Keep (2005)
James W. Loewen (1942) American historian
NGO Holiday Card http://sundown.afro.illinois.edu/ <br class="br">2010s
“Pregnant women and Vietnam vets, beggin on the freeway, bout as hard as it gets.”
Tom Waits (1949) American singer-songwriter and actor
"Cold Water", Mule Variations (1999).
“[Iraq is] not Vietnam, we have a government that has a support of the majority of the people.”
Bill Clinton (1946) 42nd President of the United States
Late Show with David Letterman, June 16, 2005
2000s