Vietnamization

Synonyms for "vietnamization"

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Plans for the Vietnamization of the war effort call for the turnover of only a small fraction of the equipment now being used by United States forces here.

Source: wiktionary

Actually, the President went along with Laird's idea of "Vietnamization." By this was meant the gradual building up and training of South Vietnamese forces until they would be able to carry the combat responsibility without our troop involvement. That made a lot of sense, but it also required us to carry on a strong war effort until the South Vietnamese could take over. Vietnamization should have begun the moment President Kennedy put our first American soldier into Vietnam.

Source: wiktionary

The post-Second World War movies said that villainy would be punished and goodness would triumph; the decencies would be respected. But movies don't say that anymore; the Vietnamization of American movies is nearly complete. Today, movies say that the system is corrupt, that the whole thing stinks, and they've been saying this steadily since the mid-sixties.

Source: wiktionary

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