>>>Propoganda, almost by definition, is at least slanted and at worst a fabrication. I remember during the Vietnam war the "Information" put out by the US and the "Propoganda" put out by the North Vietnamese. It's interesting to me to see an American President using the word "propoganda" in a postive sense (or else I'm misreading the quote).
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>>This reminds me. History is written by the winner. Now, considering that there was no actual winner of the Vietnam war.
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>North Vietnam in the end ruled the whole country. Hanoi was renamed to Ho Chi Minh. The army of the south was disbanded. The foreign aides fled. Nobody won?
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>>There most probably are two offical version of the history of the war.
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>If we take the "if it wasn't published it didn't happen" as an axiom, there's only one version of the history. The American version.

In the legal sense no one “won” the war between the United States and Vietnam. The war ended by treaty and mutual agreement. But then there is reality!

U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese negotiator Le Duc Tho were awarded the 1973 Noble Peace Prize for their effort to bring the war to a close.

It seems strange how legal matters are resolved. For example, the party who caused an accident may concede to settlement to a victim but not admit guilt. Who won?