The Fall of Saigon: Colonel General Nguyen Chan (a.k.a. Tran Van Tra), commander of the Viet Cong Militia, completes his takeover of the kleptocratic Republic of (South) Vietnam, by hoisting the flag of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam over the Presidential Palace. Two years after the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) left the kleptocratic Republic of (South) Vietnam,
NOTES:
- So ended the U.s.’ 11th attempt at nation building, bringing its total success/failure record to (successes, 1; failures, 13; and one toss-up).
- While “nation-building is a laudable goal, Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution for the united States says that “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government”; it does NOT state that “The United States shall guarantee to every nation on this planet a Republican Form of Government” [emphasis added].
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Subsequent Events:
References:
Doug Bandow, “Nation-Building’s Grim Record,” Orange County (California) Register, 25 April 2003, Local:7.
Stanley A. Karnow, Vietnam: A History, (1983; New York: Penguin, 1997), 683.
PolicyBrief#24 – Policybrief24.pdf
carnegieendowment.org/files/Policybrief24.pdf
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