Topic: Vietnam War, lost or not.

godofthunder9010 · January 9th, 2006

We did lose Vietnam, that much I'm pretty clear on. Mission was to stop Communism from spreading into South Vietnam, Indochina and beyond. Mission definitely failed, and yet the "beyond" part was actually a possible success. Because of the stubborness we demonstrated in Vietnam, it proved we were at least serious. Our military learned a great deal during Vietnam that proved to be priceless lessons. We also developed a lot of military hardware based purely upon the best school of military R&D: The school of hard knocks. The military was not defeated. Public opinion at home was. My biggest question is, was this an intentional tactic of the North Vietnamese and Vietcong, or was this simply the American Media and people betraying us? Treason or tactics?

But I think that WD has confused a lot of people with the debate simply because the original question that started the thread was not, "Did the United States lose the Vietnam War?" My reading of it, it looked more like "Who's fault was it that we lost?" The answer that is very clear. It definitely was not the US military's fault. They did a superb job. The unconventional tactics did not beat the US Military and they got better and better at dealing with them as time went on. And we beat the **** outa them on pretty much across the board.

January 9th, 2006
godofthunder9010 Tribunus Laticlavius Gear	We did lose Vietnam, that much I'm pretty clear on. Mission was to stop Communism from spreading into South Vietnam, Indochina and beyond. Mission definitely failed, and yet the "beyond" part was actually a possible success. Because of the stubborness we demonstrated in Vietnam, it proved we were at least serious. Our military learned a great deal during Vietnam that proved to be priceless lessons. We also developed a lot of military hardware based purely upon the best school of military R&D: The school of hard knocks. The military was not defeated. Public opinion at home was. My biggest question is, was this an intentional tactic of the North Vietnamese and Vietcong, or was this simply the American Media and people betraying us? Treason or tactics? But I think that WD has confused a lot of people with the debate simply because the original question that started the thread was not, "Did the United States lose the Vietnam War?" My reading of it, it looked more like "Who's fault was it that we lost?" The answer that is very clear. It definitely was not the US military's fault. They did a superb job. The unconventional tactics did not beat the US Military and they got better and better at dealing with them as time went on. And we beat the ** outa them on pretty much across the board. __________________ "It is well that war is so terrible, else we should grow too fond of it." - General Robert E. Lee Warning, critical pebkac error in the iD10t!! pebkac\wtflolurpwnzd\snafuroflmao.exe called iD10t, iD10t failed to respond!! System in danger!!** "It takes a big man to admit when he's wrong. I am NOT a big man." -Chevy Chase Last edited by godofthunder9010; January 9th, 2006 at 17:01.