[ansel12]

Fatigue with the war came out of failure to win it, and the failure to even appear that the government wanted to win it something.

The war seemed to be purely a meat grinder for American GIs, as we watched decision makers continually seem to be deliberately avoiding winning or taking the war to the enemy. They were always finding a way to stop anything that appeared to work, or to use common sense war strategies. Over time the war became a mystery, we couldn't figure out what our government had in mind, or what their goals were, or what the purpose was.

I bet most here would be surprised to learn about the approval polling for the war, by age groups.

[Cry if I Wanna]

Fatigue with the war came out of failure to win it, and the failure to even appear that the government wanted to win it something.

During many years of the Vietnam War about 100 GI's a week were killed. During Tet over 500 were killed every week. Years of casulties took its toll on the home front. 20+ years earlier America mobilized, fought and won a world war in 3 & 1/2 years. What seemed to many to be an endless war became too much. I get that.

[gleeaikin]

During that period I was not sure what I should favor about the Vietnam War. Then I read about the history of Vietnam which seasawed back and forth with North fighting South and vice versa, with a middle area sometimes independent or fighting in the middle. I decided that this war was 700 years old, and that Communism had very little to do with it, and neither should we.

It is not surprising that North Vietnam wanted Russian help, they have also had to fight China in the past. Albania and Yugoslavia wanted Chinese help, Cuba wanted Russian help. Always get help from the country that is NOT on your border.

[Redleg Duke]

Anybody else notice that since we changed the name of the “War Department” to the “Department of Defense”, we haven’t won a war?