"It would be fair to sum up, argued Charity Bentham, that Washington was eventually placed in such a position wherein its support of Saigon and belligerence toward Hanoi resulted in several units of pain. To remain in Vietnam was bad. To withdraw from Vietnam was bad. The wise statesman could see that to withdraw as Paris had was less bad than staying, or more Good."
— John Calvin Batchelor (The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica: A Novel)