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2005-02-11 Home Front: WoT

American Defeatists and Democracy -- Not a Good Mix

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Posted by tipper 2005-02-11 9:50:29 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I dunno, it seems to me that the one big factor that did in the Vietnam War was LBJ's unwillingness to use whatever force was necessary to win, resulting in a drawn out conflict. Take too long a time to do something, and people WILL begin to question the wisdom of the task.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-02-11 10:47:51 AM|| 2005-02-11 10:47:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Vietnam was pretty much lost when Kennedy supported the coup that removed Diem and thus cost us the support of the majority of the population of South Vietnam in 1963 and made it very easy to spin us as imperialists taking power.

Yeah we still could have won after that point, but it was a serious up hill battle.

Posted by rjschwarz 2005-02-11 11:13:53 AM|| [http://rjschwarz.com] 2005-02-11 11:13:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 We pretty much won the military conflict. The Vietnamese were able to turn away a N.Vietnamese invasion shortly after we had pulled the vast bulk of our troops out. Air support and some combat teams were reinserted to help, but the bulk of the fighting was done by RVN forces. Then the Democrats in Congress cut any sigificant funding to the S.Vietnamese government, severing their resupply. The next invasion, in direct violation of the Paris Treaty, was successful thanks to Bela Abzug D-NY and company.

Posted by Ebbavith Gleack2775 2005-02-11 11:57:38 AM|| 2005-02-11 11:57:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Let's not forget the nearly 3 million Cambodian, Vietnamese, and Loatian dead after congress cut off military aid. Thanks John Kerry and fellow travelers.

Posted by ed 2005-02-11 12:06:48 PM|| 2005-02-11 12:06:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Ebbavith, you are talking about the Easter Offensive in which South Vietnam (with US air support whooped ass). My point is it could have been won long before that at an easier cost if we didn't chop out the leges beneath the political side of things.

Posted by rjschwarz 2005-02-11 12:12:39 PM|| [http://rjschwarz.com] 2005-02-11 12:12:39 PM|| Front Page Top

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