[98ZJ USMC]

Now this is the height of irony.

It does seem that way. I was ruminating this, in my mind last month, the contention that, we won the War in Vietnam, both militarily and politically. There is no question that we won militarily. Had we gone back in, their armor would have been squashed on the open roads. But, as it turns out we won politically, also.

The Vietnamese despise the Chinese with every fiber of their being. They always have. Far worse than they thought of the French and they really never "hated" us. Now, we are becoming very good friends and could very well be on the brink of a security pact. A "Marriage of Convenience"? Perhaps, but a great many long standing and close friendships have started that way.

The Left simply delayed the process and ruined this nation for no gain. The Left lost.

[kearnyirish2]

We achieved none of our goals in Vietnam; we lost. The communist victory didn’t fix their country, but they controlled all of it (and had their vengeance against our former allies). Nothing to view as a victory there.