Whakamahia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Kāore i rāhuitia te whakaekenga ki Vietnam ki te Raki. Ko etahi atu kaupapa rererangi, penei i te Operation Barrel Roll, i whaaia nga waahanga rereke o te Viet Cong me te hanganga PAVN. Kei roto i enei ko te huarahi tuku Ho Chi Minh, i haere ma roto i Laos me Cambodia. Ko te Laos e kiia ana he tuuturu kua riro hei
Ko te pakanga ā-iwi, e whakaeke ana i te kāwanatanga o Laos e tautokohia ana e te US ki te Pathet Lao me ōna hoa o Vietnam ki te Raki.