We should have NEVER gone in there unless we planned to allow our generals the honor of winning. We COULD have won, in a heartbeat. But, the Democrat Congress....well, never mind....that's old ground, too painful to tread over yet again.
We won NOTHING.
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True. What we did get out of it, was a clear picture of POLITICS over and above, NATIONAL PRIORITY. Washington, for a long time now, is far more interested in its own personal politics, than it is about what is right for the country. Viet Nam (and I served during Nam) was a huge tragedy of politics, engineered and perputated by LIBERALS, at an obscene cost in lives and money. My contention is that Washington has still not learnied its lesson, but of course, it did/does not have the pay the bills -- those of lives and the money.
The U.S. set itself up for defeat by not fighting a war. Just participating in one, playing with it, while fueling it with blood and taxpayer dollars.
You need to read some history about Vietnam, and not continue to be duped by left wing revisionists.
We didn't loose WWII because the Democrats gave Iwo Jima back to Japan after the war was long over. Nor did we loose the VN war because Democrats cut off funding to support our allies two years later when NVN decided to violate the peace accords.
Too many folks mistake the left-wing inspired turmoil on college campuses at home with the real war in VN. The MSM has convinced otherwise reasonable people that when we pulled the last Marine guard off the embassy two years after a defeated NVN signed the peace accords (and our fighting forces had long been at home) that somehow NVN won the war.
Get serious! Our military never lost a major battle or campaign. We ground the VC to a pulp and pushed the NVA back home.
The Democrats would now happily give Iraq back to Sadaam if we let them.
The real lesson from VN is don't let Democrats give back what our soldiers have won on the battle field.