Remembering the War in Vietnam - 1

Remembering the War in Vietnam - 1
In pursuit of the truth – www.cinopsbegone.com – Monday, July 20, 2009

This is the first in a series of letters dedicated to our American citizens of Vietnamese heritage. “May the truth be with you?” I hate a raw deal.
Prologue:

The U.S. anti-war movement of the last 60 years is fundamentally an alien wart on the American political scene. It is Marxist in origin and has no foundation in American principles and the beliefs of our Founding Fathers. This alien wart influences the Democratic Party. This is my judgment and opinion.

Now for the WorldNet Daily Exclusive: Thursday, July 16, 2009 – Museum to welcome Vietnam revelations author – “Ride the Thunder” tells of those who fought, bled, and endured and triumphed” Posted July 7, 2009.

The author of a new book that reveals the heroic and largely untold story of how Vietnamese Marines and their U.S. advisers actually were winning the Vietnam War will visit a California museum where a book-signing has been scheduled.

Richard Botkin, author of “Ride the Thunder,” toured battlefields in Vietnam and has chronicled accounts of the Vietnamese military organization called TQLC, whose members, with their American advisers, “fought, bled, endured and triumphed against communism.”

According to officials at the California State Military Museum in Sacramento, they will hold a book-signing at 1 P.M. on Aug. 15.

On Amazon.com, the book has already rocketed to No. 1 in books on the Vietnam War and to No. 1 in books on veterans…

According to the museum, Botkin breaks new ground “in telling the heroic story of a few American and Vietnamese Marines who fought brilliantly and turned the tide of the Vietnam War, only to have policymakers surrender the battlefield.”

“Botkin tells the story of Captain John Ripley’s daring raid to destroy the Dong Ha Bridge; Major Le Ba Binh and his 700 Marines bravely holding off more than 20 thousand North Vietnamese troops; Lt. Colonel Gerry Turley’s leadership and bravely that helped thwart the Easter Offensive – much more,” according to the museum.

In an earlier exclusive interview with WND. Botkin explained how he believes what Americans know about the end of the Vietnam War is wrong – BECAUSE THEY WERE 8,000 MILES AWAY AND WERE TOLD ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE STORY….

{Now let’s go back 40 years and the news in America as reported in the Long Beach Press, Nov. 17, 1967, a – 7. At the National Convention of Young Democrats in Florida. CEASE-BOMB RESOLUTION BEFORE YOUNG DEMOCRATS: “The draft resolution calls for an immediate end to the bombing of North Vietnam and recognition of the National Liberation Front, the Viet Cong.”Gk}

“From the American side, I think most people have a completely uninformed or misinformed opinion of the Vietnam War,” Botkin told WND. “Most Americans, including people who served in Vietnam, didn’t appreciate the level of sacrifice of the South Vietnamese. These people love freedom."
George H. Kubeck