Are the South Vietnamese blameless?

Dear John,
	Losing is not very much fun, but then I don't suppose
it's supposed to be, else there would not be much incentive
to win and I think that was a big part of the problem in South
Viet Nam.  There was no will to win on the part of the South
Vietnamese.  It is hard for me to think they were the same
people.  The North Vietnamese were highly motivated and well
disciplined with a will made of iron while the South
Vietnamese were just along for the ride.
   The South Vietnamese Government was, from the very begin-
ning, addicted to foreign support which was mostly U.S. 
Dollars.  Government officials and the military were in it to
see what was there for them and didn't give a damn about
Viet Nan and the people.  This is reflected by the lack of
confidence placed in them by the Vietnamese people.  No South
Vietnamese official won the trust of his own people while
Ho Chi Mein was loved and respected in the North and most of
the South.
   Had the officials in the South been as keen on fighting the
NVA as they were saving their own skins during the fall of
Saigon perhaps the out come might have been different and had
as many been willing to give their lives for their country as
were willing to risk it on the China Sea then the out come
might have been different.