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re: Could any strategy have worked in Vietnam?
Posted on 7/7/18 at 12:56 pm to Wolfhound45
Posted on 7/7/18 at 12:56 pm to Wolfhound45
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But after watching this series I am beginning to question some of my previous beliefs about the “rightness” of this war.
The Burns series very cleverly focuses in on the Vietnam vets who later vehemently opposed the war - the Kerry comrades. I think this was on purpose to give more credibility/gravitas to the anti-war movement.
We're also ignoring the obvious flaw in many of these theories - the United States - by any objective measure won the Vietnam War. The North seized upon the opportunity provided by Nixon's resignation to undo that and the U.S. Congress, in a display of bipartisan cowardice the likes of which this nation has never seen and will likely never see again, threw that victory away with a not-so-subtle, "frick you" to a pleading Gerald Ford and all the wasted lives to that point.
So, there's all of that.
This post was edited on 7/7/18 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 7/7/18 at 1:04 pm to Ace Midnight
I hear you baw. And I respect your insights immensely. But I am not going to lie, the bleeding heart in me really struggles with this war and it’s rightness. And I have never felt that way before. A lot of good men lost for little to no reason.
Posted on 7/7/18 at 2:20 pm to Ace Midnight
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The Burns series very cleverly focuses in on the Vietnam vets who later vehemently opposed the war - the Kerry comrades. I think this was on purpose to give more credibility/gravitas to the anti-war movement.
I agree. His series on the Civil War was very biased also.
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