US foreign policy during 1945–2026 has been continually based on fooling the US public. During 1939–45, US leaders agreed that: “The matter is strictly confidential, because the whole plan would be ‘ditched’ if it became generally known that the State Department is working in collaboration with any outside group.” (See, Interesting Quotes page, this website.) In the “whole plan,” over 100 actions keeping the public ditched have included Palestine, Iran, South and Central America, Africa, and a 1943 report titled “The Future Status of Indo-China As An Example Of Postwar Colonial Relationships.” That report and its origin in an 1865–1945 US business rip-off of Viet Nam, enabled by French invasion brutality, have never been presented to US voters.

Instead, the US public is falsely told the US entered Viet Nam in 1954. That is presented as for a noble purpose to fight communism. But the real reason was US leaders attacked in 1955 trying to continue the early business rip-off.

That being the biggest US war since World War II, the false claim of a 1954 entry for a noble purpose still fools many voters into thinking US leaders are pursuing a noble foreign policy. Still “ditched,” the US public does not know the real truth of the 1865–1945 US entry and business rip-off against Viet Nam.

Many people say, ‘But what can I do? I am just one person.’ In “Lions for Lambs,” a film probing the falsities of the so-called War on Terror, a professor played by Robert Redford tells a student, “They bank on your willful ignorance.” A newspaper writer played by Meryl Streep challenges the US public with, “Connect the dots.”

One thing each person can do is to demand that the pervasive false claim of a 1954 noble entry into Viet Nam be stopped, as it is taught in virtually all high schools, colleges, universities, books, websites, and government statements on the topic.

Note: This trilogy of books does not mention President trump. He is putting his personal stamp on the aggressive foreign policy. All presidents since 1945 have followed it.

The False Claim in Operation

A prime example of good citizens fighting back appears in Viet Nam’s victory over the US and France. After the 1865 start of the US business rip-off enabled by French invasion, Viet Nam sent an emissary to Washington, D.C., in 1873 and 1875. He carried an offer of peaceful trade, no invasion needed. US leaders turned him away. So, in 1954, Viet Nam defeated the French invasion. That victory threatened to end the hidden 1865–1954 US business that had been enabled by brutal force. Thus, in early 1955, US leaders attacked, trying to continue that business. That was the real reason for the US-Viet Nam War. After the US attacked, Viet Nam’s people defeated the US.

The false claim falsely asserts that a country called “North Viet Nam” existed. But no such country ever existed. North and south, Viet Nam remained one country after 1954. The overwhelming majority in the south, like in the north, helped defeat the French in 1954, and then they did not disappear: They defended against US attacks. Misled, US soldiers found out the hard way.

It is “an absurd concept” to think the 1954 Geneva Accords created two countries, historian Joseph Buttinger wrote. Click for full quote. Article 14(a) of the Accords says, in plain words, that France had a temporary duty to administer the southern “regrouping zone” until elections. That means Viet Nam was not split into two countries. Instead, the Accords simply created two temporary zones to separate the armies of the two sides, which were entangled in many places.

The Accords explicitly stated that the temporary line between the north and south zones “should not in any way be interpreted as constituting a political or territorial boundary.”

The Accords also prohibited the US from inserting soldiers into Viet Nam. After all, Viet Nam was one country.

But leaders of the superpower US pressured France to leave. The US then illegally moved US soldiers into the southern half.

The US insertion of US soldiers was if a foreign nation invaded the US at New Orleans. That would not create a nation called “South United States.” Moreover, most US citizens in the south would fight back, tooth and nail.

This writer’s trilogy includes:

Corporate Tsunami in Countryside Paradise : 1875–1900 Origin of US War in Viet Nam (2020) details the early US business. And, in the 1940s, US leaders set up a system for worldwide business expansion, often by force. They decided not to tell the US public. As part of that system, after the 1954 French defeat, the US leaders pressured France to depart from Viet Nam. Then, the US leaders attacked trying to continue the early business.

Betrayal by Foreign Policy Fault Line 1619–2024, US in Viet Nam 1865–1975 (February 2026) shows that the real reason for the US-Viet Nam War—business expansion by force—has continued to drive foreign policy during 1975–2024. Though stopping communism and terrorism was a factor, it was not the main reason. Various analytical lenses show the connection through the decades.

Spirit of Nine Dragons Delta (scheduled for late 2026). This novel combines the early presence of US consuls, a budding romance between a young consul and a young village woman, and US leaders as they develop the false claim about this war.

A highlight has appeared of the importance today of these revelations. In Viet Nam’s April 30, 2025 celebration of its 1975 victory, Viet Nam said that a US-Viet Nam strategic partnership exists, but that the war was a US imperial invasion. That opened the door to the US public, if not the US government, to state the truth. Then, the US—with a close ally in Viet Nam—could have begun to lead the world with justice in US foreign policy.

But neither the US public nor the US government has responded with the truth of the 1865–1954 business rip-off in Viet Nam, enabled by force, the real reason for the ensuing war.

US soldiers who die for foreign policy deserve the truth. US voters deserve the truth. Today’s world deserves that much.