we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and we will win. 2. "Everything depends on the Americans. If they want to make war for 20 years then we shall make war for 20 years. If they want to make peace, we shall make peace and invite them to tea afterwards." "Before closing my eyes to Buddha, I respectfully plead to President Ngo Dinh Diem, asking him to be kind and tolerant toward his people and to enforce a policy of religious equality." "I was ordered to go in there and destroy the enemy...That was my job on that day. That was the mission I was given. I did not sit down and think in terms of men, women and children." The people will remember your help in our time of need. This struggle will then be a part of our common history. And your help, your friendship, and the strong bonds between our two peoples will be a part of Vietnam, then as now.
You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock
over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.
This is not a jungle war, but a struggle for
freedom on every front of human activity. I have a plan which will end this war in a way that will bring us closer to that great goal to which every American President in our history has been dedicated: the goal of a just and lasting peace. 3. The great victory of April 30 represents the triumph of the entire nation, of justice over brutality and of humanity over tyranny.