Henry Kissinger and the Truth About Negotiations In Vietnam

[@jamesbeckham7046]

Nixon has a brilliant mind!😊

[@ShiddyFinkelstein]

I well remember the headline, "Peace is at hand". It was a glimpse of hope we hadn't seen in years. As an 18 year old registered for the draft at the time it was a relief as well. We've only had two decent presidents in the 50 odd years since Nixon left office. 💢

[@markberryhill2715]

Same here. I was ten at the time and remember it like it was yesterday.

[@michaelbowers3842]

it was also a tremendous mistake to say publicly, as nixon notes here. for a guy (kissinger) that's supposed to be a master negotiator, it seems like an obvious blunder.

[@oldbuzzard76]

Proud to say , I voted for this man twice !

[@basher5107]

Your proud? Shows where your priorities are.

[@WayneLynch69]

@@basher5107 "you're"....shows how little brain you have

[@alphakky]

​@@basher5107 McGovern? Really? You wanted him? He lost miserably.

[@brettdenisegibbs6533]

@@basher5107 Are you proud of anything? Why don't you share your priorities with us....?

[@basher5107]

@@brettdenisegibbs6533 I’m sorry that your standards sink to believe Nixon was anything other than a sociopathic criminal,I think as a society we should set our sights a little higher,but that’s just me

[@fasthracing]

South Vietnam was lost the day that the US withdrew.

[@franciscouch8378]

This man is true class

[@gsr4535]

Biggest mistake US made was not stopping NV from using Laos and Cambodia as sanctuary in order to attack SV. And as far as negotiations, agreeing to allow NV to keep forces in SV. Huge mistake.

[@cdr861532]

How do you stop them from using the HCMT? Send troops into both of those countries and expand the war? Something that the people were completely against......also, there were trip wires, that were unknown at that time, that when hit, could bring in the USSR or the Chinese. Invading Laor or Cambodia, openly, certainly could have been one of those tripwires.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

​@@cdr861532Laos and Cambodia were Pro-American. How is attacking the enemy expanding the War?

[@johnnotrealname8168]

I agree but all of this could have been mollified with Richard Milhous Nixon's guarantee.

[@frederickanderson1860]

The asian mentality in war and peace is totally different from the western mentality.

[@stevens1041]

Highly disagree. Had you said Vietnamese, I would have agreed with you. Almost everyone that has invaded Vietnam has been defeated. This includes other Asian countries such as Thailand and China, throughout history.

[@cdr861532]

@@stevens1041 The Japanese gave them what for.......

[@johnnotrealname8168]

​​@@stevens1041Bruh no-one invaded Vietnam. Also South-Vietnam is also Vietnamese. Edit: Also France beat them so try again.

[@indianajones4321]

Any chance we could get videos on Nixon’s thoughts on presidents such as Truman, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and HW Bush? Or something about his role in the massive humanitarian relief for Biafra as the Nigerians were starving the region and Nixon led America and NGOs in providing supplies despite Vietnam taking the front seat for his administration?

[@talltexan6432]

I would want his thoughts on Obama.

[@g6686not]

​@@talltexan6432he wasn't alive when Obama was coming up in politics so that's not possible.

[@mittenil2972]

​@@talltexan6432 dumb comment

[@briananderson893]

What Nixon Thought About Harry Truman: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4mQoHmdbcmGbck Richard Nixon on Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jISlZ3qpq6uWfJI

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Watch other interviews on this channel. I should note he was trying to be as courteous as possible with everyone. For example Harry S. Truman made a blunder on domestic communism but he nevertheless would not excoriate him perhaps as he should have. If you have references on Biafra aid I am interested.

[@fasthracing]

Kissinger by his actions caused the catastrophe that was Cambodia.

[@bobclifton8021]

We should have continued Linebacker II for another week. Tehn we would have been dealing with a total surrender.

[@thethird3d]

You have zero understanding of military strategy and tactics if you believe that.

[@cdr861532]

​@@thethird3d And zero understanding of how the war was going. The NV were never going to give up. They had been losing the battles, but winning the war. The SV governments were so unpopular, corrupt and there were coup's every other day, it seemed. A victory in Vietnam wasn't in the cards at that point......I'm not sure if it was EVER possible.

[@bobclifton8021]

@@thethird3d And I suppose you have declared yourself an expert in these matters. I was there! You probably didn't exist yet.

[@thethird3d]

@@bobclifton8021 doesn’t matter where you were (even though you’re obviously lying). Linebacker wasn’t going to change the war, a drunk private halfway through basic would know that.

[@bobclifton8021]

@@thethird3d You've never been through basic (probably not old enough), so how would you know? Historically, the North was ready to surrender at the end of Linebacker II but Kissinger blew it and went for a cease fire.

[@ed19742006]

bless this man

[@vdoggydogg3922]

He will not tell the truth about this. At the end of the day he is a politician.

[@irreduciblerascal]

Henry Kissinger sounds and looks a bit like Dr Strangelove😮

[@curtcoltharp3719]

I’ve read accounts that Nixon scuttled a LBJ peace deal prior to the 68 election. There are LBJ phone recordings of him discussing this with a Senator. As an 8th grader, I watched our withdrawal from Viet Nam on TV as the North Vietnamese moved on our embassy as we helicoptered our people out. I was very young when Vietnam started and ended but it was on TV every night when Walter Cronkite gave us the news. I was also still young as Watergate played out but it was TV news back then, we believed in Cronkite and Viet Nam and Watergate were the news items that I recall with some MLK and RFK mixed in.

[@johnd7435]

Humphrey knew about it, but did not have the gnadskis to bring it up because of his sense of decency. Add to that he was hogtied to LBJs Viet Nam policy, and could not break free of it, losing the 1968 election, and Tricky Dick later went on to bomb Cambodia.

[@BenLewis-zi8wg]

@@johnd7435 that's where the enemy was in Cambodia Johnson let them huddle thete

[@johnd7435]

@@BenLewis-zi8wg Incorrect- North VietNam brought control and stability to eastern Cambodia. Then civilians were carpet-bombed. They were not the enemy, because it is their country. Then Nixon threw support to Pol Pot. Your turn.

[@BenLewis-zi8wg]

@@johnd7435 North Vietnam brought like Putin Russia to the country do you know what freedom is? Go live with Putin awhile and find out

[@BenLewis-zi8wg]

@@johnd7435 also that was where the enemy was

[@jimpang5452]

I think Nixon ‘s pledge to the South Vietnamese government was a genuine one; however, it was politically beneficial to him to expedite the signing of the peace agreement in order to withdraw the U.S. troops from Vietnam. Honoring such a pledge by the U.S. government including the Congress was his secondary concern. U.S. allies will forever subject to uncertainty of the U.S. politics when they are dependent on the U.S. military aids, except Israel which has almost all U.S. politicians (both Republicans and Democrats) under its influence. South Vietnam was one of the victims and so was Afghanistan. If Trump wins the coming election or the Republicans win both houses in November, Ukraine will be another victim.

[@richardmeo2503]

Your comment on our uncertainty is definitely true, depending on who gets in. But DO NOT DOUBT NIXON'S PLEDGE. Had he not been subject to the coup, NV in 1975 would have been decimated by our airpower just as they were in the spring 72 offensive. And in 75 we had vastly more smart weapons than before.

[@conradgaarder]

The Bela Abzug Congress abandoned the South Vietnamese, who fought on successfully for almost two years. But the anti-war movement wanted the communists to win and they did win. Ukraine is totally different. No one ever threatened Ukraine until it stupidly decided that nonalignment wasn’t good enough.

[@richardmeo2503]

@@conradgaarder So true on absug and dems. Did you know when they were close to getting Nixon out she and some others did not want the Congress to approve of a VP. If Nixon left the Dems would "retake White House", via speaker of House. They have always been the enemy. obamascum is the one who allowed Putin to go into Ukraine in 2014. Remember the Hot-mic in 2012 when he told Russian pres after he gets back in they will have room to maneuver.

[@jimpang5452]

@@conradgaarder Non-alignment has been the best political equilibrium for Ukraine in dealing with its big Russian cousin. Unfortunately, the recently elected governments since 2014 decided to join the NATO alliance which has been expanding eastward for the past 2-3 decades. With NATO at its doorstep and no natural geographic barriers to defend itself, Russia is reacting on its basic instinct. Tragic indeed!

[@stevens1041]

Respectfully--the real victims are the Americans themselves.

[@walterbriggs272]

I’ll say it again If anyone of influence had been paying attention during the end of world war 2 both Red China and Vietnam could have been avoided. The signs were clear, you didn’t have to be a mind reader, but predominant problems distracted and took precedent.

[@richardmeo2503]

So true. It was Truman who abandoned Chiang and allowed Mao to take over China. And that caused the wars in Korea and Vietnam.. Dems are and have always been the enemy.

[@BrianRobertson-e9s]

The problem with the Nixon Foundation is that the Gannon interviews are disproven by the archival record and the tapes. Use the archive… not obsolete interviews.

[@dino.jay2007]

Exactly. Primary source material should always be used as much as possible and be given greater weight than the secondary sources. Too many secondary sources and you start getting yourself exposed to revisionist perspectives, whether intentional or not.

[@markberryhill2715]

You might be right, but these interviews with this interviewer are much more pleasant to watch because Nixon feels so relaxed with him, and tells his side of the story - real or imagined.

[@dino.jay2007]

@markberryhill2715 ... that's very valid ... and what Nixon says here should still be taken into consideration and evaluated against everything we know. More importantly are the President's papers and documents from his time in the Oval office.

[@richardmeo2503]

Not true.

[@fortynights1513]

@@dino.jay2007Was the clip on Nixon’s views of the media’s power, and on how they thought of his wife accurate? Just curious because those appear to have also had this interviewer.

[@itinerantpatriot1196]

Funny you should spin it like that Dick, considering they caught you on tape talking with Kissinger about how the agreement would hold up for a while but only long enough for the North to recover, then the South was screwed. But hey, let's not let anything like facts get in the way of a good yarn.

[@cdr861532]

You realize he's not going to read this.......even more so, respond. hehe

[@nickcupkovic5721]

They tried very hard for peace

[@avadoksorem2854]

Come the interviews with Nixon in the late 80s/early 90s, he was very careful to only describe Kissinger’s strengths and never his character or whether or not he was a benefit to his country. Even Nixon came to understand Kissinger was a monster and sociopath towards the end of his life. 20 years is a long time to rethink your days in office decades ago.

[@cornonthecob1268]

As humans, we are doomed! War & killing people is wrong period! If you disagree please explain

[@pezhvaksutedelan2760]

NOT DOUBT God don't forgive Henry Kissinger .

[@ThomasTohiana-mq1hi]

I love a comment attributed to President Nixon thus I wud have made a great pope.❤😂

[@BenLewis-zi8wg]

North Vietnamese very dishonest take advantange of you in a heart beat I served 1 yr with the 25th Infantry Div 1965 toj 1966 Pleiku Vietnam

[@indianajones4321]

Thank you for your service and welcome home🫡

[@BenLewis-zi8wg]

@@indianajones4321 that means so much to me!!!

[@amansaggi5]

Welcome home soldier🇺🇸🫡 thank you for your service sir. Vietnam vets deserved a proper welcome but people were brainwashed by the media back in those days. Too many hippies around you dig lmao.

[@makthnife]

@@BenLewis-zi8wgI echo that! Thank god you were there to serve. God bless 🇺🇸

[@johnjackson8401]

​@@makthnifeDitto!

[@larryg7109]

The Democrats or the reason that South Vietnam lost that war. They are the reason for all of our problems.

[@frederickanderson1860]

After the war the combined British and the Japanese soldiers beat the Vietnam situation, only when inferior french troops came in it failed.

[@THEPATRIOT1000]

Great history. Why not give credit to who performed the interview?

[@WagnerPD-b7n]

NIXON NOW

[@danielhutchinson6604]

Kissinger as an Errand Boy delivered instructions from David Rockefeller Bros to several Administrations. Hank was employed by the Bros from mid 1950's.

[@Marco-z9w]

Nicon si tiene sul vago rispetto al ruolo di Kissinger riguardo alla guerra del Vietnam....ma sappiamo molto riguardò alla sua importanza riguardo al suoi negoziati segreti con i nordvietnamiti.....

[@Mike44460]

Peace Agreement? Invasion Delay agreement is more to the truth.

[@khabbad]

If Nixon didn’t resign, I don’t think Saigon falls.

[@derimperator3476]

Nixon was the most macchiavellian politician in the 20th century. Wax ahead of Stalin or Mao. Doesn't matter what you think about his actions in Asia, but his intelligence was frightening

[@johnjackson8401]

No, what is frightening is the lack of intelligence with Biden and Harris today.

[@waltmccarthy9837]

Oh, you are so absurd. That is a narrative about Nixon invented by the J media because they couldn’t stand how he figured them out and nabbed Alger Hiss.

[@brettdenisegibbs6533]

Are you frightened at all today?

[@FrankiePatron]

The world 8s experinceing the 70s all over

[@victorwar5619]

"Kissinger"....it's all you need to know.

[@tommackay7433]

The word truth shouldn’t be used with regards to Nixon, ever.

[@JakobVarming]

7:13 South Vietnam was never free; it was a dictatorship run by ruthless people. If the USA would have helped Ho Chi Minh, as he asked them for - the country would not have been communistic, but democratic.

[@johnd7435]

Correct-- well, mostly..

[@phuong.d]

WRONG

[@phuong.d]

You are completely wrong. Did you live there then? Do you know what the North did to the South after April 30, 1975? Do some research and you will see who really were ruthless people. Ho chi Minh was no hero, he had never been a nationalist. He was a hypocrite, liar and war instigator. It was him who brought communism to Vietnam.

[@JakobVarming]

@@phuong.d prove me wrong....

[@robertholmes12]

We sure could use a man like that in today's environment.

[@mittenil2972]

Ironic now Vietnam is Capitalist 😂

[@Mike44460]

Companies in this country mourn the 58,000 killed and missing by wanting to do business with Vietnam and increasing their economic power.

[@g6686not]

@@mittenil2972 China became Capitalist before them.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Is it actually capitalist or more like China which is actually in the middle.

[@johnd7435]

Of course socialism is a temporary escape from anarchy and monarchy. When things recover, -- a free-for -all !

[@johnd7435]

@@Mike44460 The US gov't is the source of all those deaths--How can you shamelessly blame the VC for defending their own country, when they never wanted us there? The war started as a Christian vs. Buddhist; the VC were peripheral at the start. Did you believe the hype?

[@BOZ_11]

Nixon lauding Kissinger 😂😂 Only a genocide of 4 million south-east Asians murdered, all for the MIC "Kissinger and Nixon knew exactly what was going on. In The Blood Telegram, a bracing history of Nixon and Kissinger’s complicity in the killings, Princeton professor Gary Bass relays an astounding conversation where the two entertain a comparison between Pakistan’s genocide and the Holocaust, and still conclude that doing literally anything to stop it would be unwise."

[@dewok2706]

not my problem...

[@johnnotrealname8168]

I think it was because he still saw it in terms of the Cold War (Where are you getting 4 million from? The maximum I can find is 3,000,000 and I suspect that is exaggerated.) and India trying to take over Pakistan rather than India freeing Bangladesh. Also what exactly could he do to stop it? He was already trying to stop Cambodia from being genocided and the Americans hated that.

[@johnd7435]

@@johnnotrealname8168 Are you crazy? Nixon supported Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@johnd7435 Yeah when he was busy bombing the @#$% out of them.