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At Kent State University in 1970, peaceful protesters were shot at by National Guardsmen and several were killed.  Unrest continued.  The United States began looking for ways to get out of the war in any way possible.

At Kent State University in 1970, peaceful protesters were shot at by National Guardsmen and several were killed.  Unrest continued.  The United States began looking for ways to get out of the war in any way possible.

[[File:Vietnam-memorial-soldier.jpg|left|300px|thumb|a Marine paying his respects to those who died in the war at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C., the 2nd most visited memorial in the U.S. (after the Lincoln Memorial)]]

[[File:Vietnam-memorial-soldier.jpg|left|300px|thumb|a Marine paying his respects to those who died in the war at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C., the 2nd-most visited memorial in the U.S. (after the Lincoln Memorial)]]

Henry Kissinger, a foreign-born adviser to Nixon who essentially ran the Nixon Administration, repeatedly made the mistake of calling for a "cease-fire" to discuss settlement, during which the communists would use the cease-fire to obtain replacement of all their ammunition and supplies from China and the Soviet Union.  Kissinger finally settled the war in the Paris peace talks in 1972 and 1973 by giving the communists everything they wanted, including a complete pull-out by the United States.  Vietnam then fell to the communist takeover.   

Henry Kissinger, a foreign-born adviser to Nixon who essentially ran the Nixon Administration, repeatedly made the mistake of calling for a "cease-fire" to discuss settlement, during which the communists would use the cease-fire to obtain replacement of all their ammunition and supplies from China and the Soviet Union.  Kissinger finally settled the war in the Paris peace talks in 1972 and 1973 by giving the communists everything they wanted, including a complete pull-out by the United States.  Vietnam then fell to the communist takeover.