we ve got u.s. military advisers flying combat missions. we ve got advisers that are accompanying south vietnamese forces into the field. so by this point, their role had gone beyond simply advising. we have learned a bitter lesson. the army of south vietnam cannot cope with the committed guerilla enemy. it is trained for conventional war american style. there is growing uncertainty about whether the advisory effort is really working. then in the midst there is a what s called a buddhist crisis. the war in vietnam has literally become a fight on two fronts. on one hand, the they face the vietcong communists and on the other hand a revolt of the majority, a fight which has been joined by thousands of students. the country s buddhist majority sees the president as a tyrant.
accompanying south vietnamese forces into the field. so by this point, their role had gone beyond simply advising. we have learned a bitter lesson. the army of south vietnam cannot cope with the committed gorilla enemy. it is trained for conventional war american style. there is growing uncertainty about whether the advisory effort is really working. then in the midst there is a what s called a buddhist crisis. the war in vietnam has literally become a fight on two fronts. on one hand, the they face the vietcong communists and on the other hand a revolt of the majority, a fight which has been joined by thousands of students. the country s buddhist majority sees the president as a tyrant. we had established a government in south vietnam lead by a western educated catholic named thieu.
we ve got u.s. military advisers flying combat missions. we ve got advisers that are accompanying south vietnamese forces into the field. so by this point, their role had gone beyond simply advising. we have learned a bitter lesson. the army of south vietnam cannot cope with the committed gorilla enemy. it is trained for conventional war american style. there is growing uncertainty about whether the advisory effort is really working. then in the midst there is a what s called a buddhist crisis. the war in vietnam has literally become a fight on two fronts. on one hand, the they face the vietcong communists and on the other hand a revolt of the majority, a fight which has been joined by thousands of students. the country s buddhist majority sees the president as a tyrant. we had established a government in south vietnam lead
accompanying south vietnamese forces into the field. so by this point, their role had gone beyond simply advising. we have learned a bitter lesson. the army of south vietnam cannot cope with the committed gorilla enemy. it is trained for conventional war american style. there is growing uncertainty about whether the advisory effort is really working. then in the midst there is a what s called a buddhist crisis. the war in vietnam has literally become a fight on two fronts. on one hand, the they face the vietcong communists and on the other hand a revolt of the majority, a fight which has been joined by thousands of students. the country s buddhist majority sees the president as a tyrant. we had established a government in south vietnam lead by a western educated catholic named thieu. thieu was our boy.
63 south vietnamese die, half of them shooting at each other. we ve got u.s. military advisers flying combat missions. we ve got advisers that are accompanying south vietnamese forces into the field. so by this point, their role had gone beyond simply advising. we have learned a bitter lesson. the army of south vietnam cannot cope with the committed gorilla enemy. it is trained for conventional war american style. there is growing uncertainty about whether the advisory effort is really working. then in the midst there is a what s called a buddhist crisis. the war in vietnam has literally become a fight on two fronts. on one hand, the they face the vietcong communists and on the other hand a revolt of the majority, a fight which has been joined by thousands of students. the country s buddhist majority sees the president as a tyrant.