Cika wannan jumla: Ba a kai harin bam a Arewacin Vietnam kawai ba. Sauran yakin basasa, irin su Operation Barrel Roll, sun yi niyya ga sassa daban-daban na Viet Cong da kuma PAVN. Waɗannan sun haɗa da hanyar samar da hanyar Ho Chi Minh, wanda ya ratsa Laos da Cambodia. Kasar Laos da ake ganin ba ta da tsattsauran ra'ayi ta zama
Yakin basasa, ya jefa gwamnatin Laos da Amurka ta goyi bayan ta da Pathet Lao da kawayenta na Arewacin Vietnam.