I'm almost done with episode 1. I find Ken pretty apolitical at least with his Baseball and Jazz documentaries - not sure I've seen any others. So far it looks very interesting - I'm always (and never) surprised at the arrogance of the West. France spends 50 years trying to occupy that territory and we follow the same playbook - assuming our "technology, air power, and firepower" will win and that we can "win their hearts and minds" with medicine and schools for the Vietnamese.

I agree some comments made about Ho - had he not leaned commie and the US not been so terrified of communism after WWII, he would have been an amazing ally in that part of the world.

And EVERY politician involved in that war should be tarred and feathered. But I agree - I always blame JFK first and Johnson second.