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Do We Get to Win This Time?
Nixon's message, namely that defeat is anti-American, echo the words of a certain big-screen general. Some people couldn't help but wonder if America went into Cambodia simply because the president had watched Patton too many times. Nixon denied the connection, but he clearly had Vietnam on his mind while watching Patton. Hollywood had tried to ignore the war in the 60s. Studio execs feared audiences were already burnt out on a violent divisive conflict.