Turning the war over to the South Vietnamese.
Vietnamization
Nixon's plan for Vietnamization was to slowly replace the American troops fighting in Vietnam with Vietnam troops. Slowly bringing the Americans out of the war and helping the Vietnamese people have control over the conflict.
What John Kerry thinks of the Vietnamization Policy is that he is completely for it. The Vietamization Policy is saying that he is againt the war in Iraq not necessarily the Vietnam War.
To honor and memorialize the lives of the nearly 60,000 Americans who died in the Vietnam War, and to those whose whereabouts are still unknown.
Nixon's plan for Vietnamization was to slowly replace the American troops fighting in Vietnam with Vietnam troops. Slowly bringing the Americans out of the war and helping the Vietnamese people have control over the conflict.
Vietnamization was part of President Nixon's plan for "Peace with Honor" by training, equipping, and then turning the full responsibility of defending South Vietnam to South Vietnam's military units.
Vietnam shifted the burden of the ground fighting from American troops to South Vietnamese troops during the later stages of the war. This was called "Vietnamization".
More American troops were coming home.
It was pulling the troops out of Vietnam because the war was pointless and unpopular.
Vietnamization
The purpose of the Vietnamization policy was to grow and train the military forces of South Vietnam so America could reduce its presence in the country, and eventually exit from the war. The policy was developed during the Nixon administration.
Vietnamization