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Originally Posted by oeb11
It is clear that a war across long supply lines, in a country far away where One cannot tell friend from foe - is a losing war. The American Revolution, Afghanistan, and Viet Nam are prime examples of that - One cannot impose a foreign rule on indigenous peoples in such situations.
Viet Nam and Ho wore out the Americans - despite superior weapons systems. .
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I think the US didn't understand the resolve of Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Cong, and probably didn't realize how difficult conducting a War from 7,000 miles away would prove to be, despite the obvious lessons of the Revolutionary War. Vietnam plays the "long game" (like China), and Vietnamese Leaders knew by 1967, that the War was won after protests in the US began in earnest. Nixon got Anna Chennault to pledge support to the South, if they would reject the peace plan set up by LBJ.. promising military support, that barely materialized. the North knew Nixon was an Opportunist, so they agreed to a Bullshit cease-fire 4 years later, knowing they would re-group and take the South soon enough.
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Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
the nixon impeachment inquiry may have been a factor. he resigned in 1973.
should Vietnam get reparations as promised in 1972 paris deal?
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Nixon resigned in 1974.. Watergate wasn't a factor. saving face was.. after the 1972 Christmas bombings, he wanted to look triumphant, like he had forced North Vietnam's surrender. he won the election based on a phony promise (just like 4 years earlier), he had what he wanted. Vietnam has received plenty of aide over the past couple of decades, it's time to put the past in the past, and move forward.. Vietnam did, a long time ago.
