Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakaohooho a Hentoff ki te Pakanga o Vietnam, ā, ki te whai wāhi a te Hononga o Amerika. Ahakoa i kii ia he "kino-komaniti pakeke" ia mai i te 15 o ona tau, kaore ia i "he tinihanga mo te rangatiratanga pirau, kore manapori o Vietnam ki te Tonga". I muri i te mutunga o te pakanga
, Hentoff, Joan Baez, a Ginetta Sagan o Amnesty International i whakahe ano i tana i karanga ai ko "nga kino kino o nga tika tangata [i mahia] e te kawanatanga Communist Vietnamese".