[vooch]

The mistake was engaging in war. If Washington had never engaged in the ( illegal ) war ; Vietnam would be 20 years further along its capitalist development.

think about it

[GoldenState_Rose]

Not saying the war was sound policy by any means, but don’t care for the Soviet flavor of your take.

[ThanhPhero]

Not true. If America had pushed back after Tết '68 or after the Christmas bombing of '72 we would have occupied the North and then things would be very different now. Read Giáp's memoirs. The North thought it was finished for them both times and both times were amazed that the Americans did not follow up on some pretty thorough victories. Politburo guys were sending their families to China and Russia. I know a little about the 68 situation because I was an AF radio intercept op shortly after Tết and heard what the Northerners had to say about it.