Sorry for the lose of life, but not the outcome of the war

It is sad that so many lost their lives in a war that appears to
have made no difference at all.  It was just a sinkhole for 
America lives and money, and had the South won the war 
they would still be bellying up to the bar at the American 
taxpayers expense.  My travels in South Viet Nam were very 
limited but from the best I could tell the government there was 
the most corrupt in Southeast Asia.  I felt then, and continue 
to believe, that the South Vietnamese officials, including the 
Armed Forces, were in just for themselves and cared nothing 
about the outcome of the war one way or the other just so 
long as the cow continued to give milk.
	Therefore, it is reasonable, to my mind, that the 
people of South Viet Nan did not support the government of 
the South but instead kept going over to the other side.  But 
in the end they found the reality of North Viet Nam far less 
palatable than the campaign literature.
	The loss of the war in Viet Nam is to my mind of no 
consequence.