There the talks were stalled for roughly 2 years over the shape of the negotiating table. This is shaping up for a long stall while the war rages. Same reason - conditions are not ripe on the ground for a ceasefire deal.

Not to mention that we learned 50 years after the fact that Nixon was secretly communicating with a Vietnamese contact to stall LBJ's peace talk efforts until he took office, that he could give them "a better deal." Meanwhile, this delay resulted in thousands of unnecessary deaths on both sides.

Conmen will con...