Ron Heppner

A letter writer in Friday’s paper puts the blame for the debacle of Vietnam on Henry Kissinger. The writer clearly does not know history.

By the time Kissinger assumed the office of secretary of state in 1969, the war was well on the way to stalemate and ultimate failure. Kissinger worked tirelessly to put together some sort of peace talks.

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The Paris Peace Accords were the work of Henry, so to put the blame on him for the outcome of the war is totally wrong.

By the way, we should not forget that Kissinger was the man responsible for the improvement of relationships between the United States and Red China. Kissinger is looked at in history books as one of the hardest working secretaries of state.

— Ron Heppner, Gold Canyon