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re: Could any strategy have worked in Vietnam?
Posted on 7/6/18 at 11:13 pm to Wolfhound45
Posted on 7/6/18 at 11:13 pm to Wolfhound45
Actually declare war on North Vietnam. Actually try and hold land we gain. Don’t stop the B-52 strikes on Hanoi. Get involved in Laos and Cambodia and break up the Ho Chi Minh trail. And keep the media out of it.
When you’re watching tv and see little Johnny from across the street getting shot in Vietnam, you’re going to want out. The reason Korea was successful was that it was still riding off the coattails of WW2 ie Most of the US GIs in Korea had combat experience from WW2 and the war media was still very controlled.
When you’re watching tv and see little Johnny from across the street getting shot in Vietnam, you’re going to want out. The reason Korea was successful was that it was still riding off the coattails of WW2 ie Most of the US GIs in Korea had combat experience from WW2 and the war media was still very controlled.
This post was edited on 7/6/18 at 11:21 pm
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Posted on 7/6/18 at 11:15 pm to willymeaux
Yeah, the concept of limited war doesn’t work.
Look at how Obama handled ISIS, and compare it to how things changed under Trump. I think Mattis actually talked publicly about a strategy of annihilation.
Look at how Obama handled ISIS, and compare it to how things changed under Trump. I think Mattis actually talked publicly about a strategy of annihilation.
Posted on 7/6/18 at 11:16 pm to willymeaux
quote:What if China becomes directly involved like they did in Korea?
Actually declare war on North Vietnam. Actually try and hold land we gain. Don’t stop the B-52 strikes on Hanoi. Get involved in Laos and Cambodia and break up the Ho Chi Minh trail.
Posted on 7/6/18 at 11:17 pm to willymeaux
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Actually declare war on North Vietnam. Actually try and hold land we gain.
this!
Posted on 7/7/18 at 1:59 am to willymeaux
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The reason Korea was successful
it was not
Posted on 7/7/18 at 8:47 pm to willymeaux
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The reason Korea was successful
We very nearly got our asses kicked in Korea twice in three years thanks to MacArthur's ineptitude, and after a lot of hard fighting ended up with the status quo from before it all started.
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And keep the media out of it.
Your position is that the American people dont have a right to know what their government is doing with their treasure and their kids' blood?
To OP, we could have not bailed the French out. We had made contact with Ho Chi Minh at the end of WWII and he was expecting our support for his independence movement. He was a communist, but mostly a nationalist. Vietnam could have been a nonaligned country like Yugoslavia. Things certainly couldnt have gone any worse.
Posted on 7/8/18 at 4:17 pm to willymeaux
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The reason Korea was successful was that it was still riding off the coattails of WW2 ie Most of the US GIs in Korea had combat experience from WW2 and the war media was still very controlled.
The Korean War began as an invasion of South Korea by North Korea and ended as a stalemate between China and the US. It was not a guerrilla engagement with revolutionary forces among the South Koreans. The Korean War and the Vietnam War bear little resemblance beyond being in Asia and communism.
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