The American government overthrew Diem's regime (and tacitly approved his assassination) because the South Vietnamese leader was wanted a negotiated settlement with North Vietnam.https://twitter.com/nopoweradeinusa/status/1015482523621605377 …
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Wait, what's the evidence that Diem wanted a negotiated settlement with North Vietnam? Was he really so stupid as to think that could have worked?
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Replying to @JamesSurowiecki
There's a good discussion here of the (admittedly fragmentary) evidence. See paragraph beginning: "How did the Diem government respond to all this?" https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/l/logevall-war.html?_r=2&oref=login&oref=slogin …
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