I don't know where this author gets his ideas. Where does he come off calling the South Vietnemese "Snookers? " They were our allies for crying out loud! Without their help, Communism would today be running rampant throughout our glorious nation, and we would all be atheists! This man should try living in a VietCong death camp for four years, 3 months, 6 days -- and then critize the US!