To say Kissinger ‘was a fraud would be too charitable,’ says Vietnam War correspondent

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To say Kissinger ‘was a fraud would be too charitable,’ says Vietnam War correspondent

by WorldTribune Staff, December 3, 2023 On Oct. 26, 1972, then-U.S. National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger said “peace is at hand,” insisting he had reached a deal to end the Vietnam War which would have the “North” Vietnamese and their southern affiliate, the Viet Cong remaining in “South” Vietnam and eventually working out an accommodation […]

Beware the ‘Vietnam model’ in negotiating ‘peace’ on the Korean peninsula

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Beware the ‘Vietnam model’ in negotiating ‘peace’ on the Korean peninsula

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk What is this disturbing nonsense we sometimes hear about a “Vietnam model” for permanent peace on the Korean peninsula? Whoever’s talking about that either has to be joking or is totally unaware of the tragedy that befell South Vietnam after the signing of the “Paris peace accords” that were […]