Talk:Paris Peace Accords
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[edit] NPOV
The treaty signed in January 1973 is little different than the treaty that Henry Kissinger proclaimed he would sign during October 1972, prior to the presidential election. Also, if you read the letters from Nixon to Thieu sent during January 1973, you will learn that Nixon says "either sign or I will sign a unilateral agreement with North Viet Nam...and if I sign a deal with just North Viet Nam, I will terminate all aid to South Viet Nam." Moreover, don't forget that Nixon had recently played his "China card" and had recognized the government of China. Viet Nam was noose around his diplomacy whereas China offered great political rewards. And regardless of Nixon's long history of loudly beating the drum against communism, he was more than anxious to embrace China if it would salvage his career. Dick Nixon like Ngo Dinh Diem, Ngo Dinh Nhu, Nguyen Khanh and Nguyen Van Thieu, was only concerned about his career and mythical place in history. Nothing else mattered and that is the reason all ended in history's garbage heap of deposed dictators.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vietnamtopsecret (talk • contribs) 22:24, 11 May 2006.
Attention: This article is horribly biased, the entire third and fourth paragraphs need to be edited.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Elchup4cabra (talk • contribs) 21:00, 10 April 2006.
"The treaty's terms were unpopular with many in Diem's Southern government." In 1973, the president of the South Vietnamese Government was Nguyen Van Thieu. Ngo Dinh Diem was assassinated in a coup in 1963. I would like to edit to fix that mistake.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.138.22.73 (talk • contribs) 20:40, 29 April 2005.
Le Hoai Viet
This article pretty much tells it like it is.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.108.248.80 (talk • contribs) 10:37, 23 April 2006.
This article is amazingly biased. It also needs more about the actual talks. The Commie agitprop that is the summaryn of the war should be deleted or moved to the Vietnam War page. This page shoudl be about the acutal talks in Paris.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.125.223.116 (talk • contribs) 02:43, 1 June 2006.
The article is not only biased, it is *horribly* written and woefully inaccurate. I've just read the 7/31/06 New Yorker article on Wikipedia. This article is one of those that justifies the remark by one critic that "Wikipedia is to Britannica as 'American Idol' is to the Juilliard School." One example: "Negotiations between National Security Advisor (and later Secretary of State) Henry Kissinger had been proceeding with little success since 1968." Between Kissenger and WHOM? Inaccuracies and oversimplifications are many, not just the result of shading the article in an anti-American sense (I opposed the Vietnam War from '62 on), but out of ignorance, for example: "Despite superior fire-power, the U.S. was not winning the guerilla warfare because the Government of South Viet Nam was not supported by the people, as it was always a military dictatorship with revolving door leaders." This is nonsense. Ngo Dinh Diem (a civilian) was president of South Vietnam for many years until deposed and murdered by a U.S.-encouraged military coup on Nov. 1, 1963. There was then a succession of ten military governments over the next 17 months, until a government headed by Nguyen Van Thieu (chief of state) and Nguyen Cao Ky (prime minister and head of the S. Vietnamese Air Force) took power in June, 1965. This government remained in power until the end of the American involvement. 'Nuff said? REWRITE IT FROM SCRATCH. 69.144.100.154 23:08, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
The article is completely rewritten. Hopefully most of the concerns are addressed. I have removed the NPOV tag. Christopher Parham (talk) 06:04, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Another element that appears to be biased is the 'Aftermath' paragraph. To suggest that the North was sole responsilbe for the failure of the agreement is bias --212.139.163.229 15:03, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Then fix it yourself, please. This is Wikipedia. Be sure to cite sources. Tempshill (talk) 23:47, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
I added more info to the Aftermath section to undue the bias in that section.71.156.61.88 (talk) 11:55, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Nobel Prize
Article should contain a section on the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize along with the criticism that "irony is dead" in America, as demonstrated when Kissinger accepted the prize while fighting was indeed underway. Tempshill (talk) 23:47, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
