ir traffic, South Vietnam's airports became the busiest airports in the world. Never before in history was there a country with so much strength that was against an opponent apparently so inconsequential. When Ho Chi Minh described his war with France as being a struggle between grasshoppers and elephants, he was now a microbe facing a leviathan. Westmoreland gambled by bringing in his forces before he had developed a system to support them. Within two years, the gamble paid off. Westmoreland had achieved a logistical miracle.
             The Binh Xuyen, a Vietnamese Mafia was based in Cholon, the Chinese suburb of Saigon. Their leader was Bay Vien who controlled major brothels and casinos in Saigon. The Binh Xuyen also controlled much of Indochina's opium production. Corruption in South Vietnam reached new heights when the Binh Xuye
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