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Vietnam War: Mistake or not

Posted on 8/19/23 at 5:57 pm
Posted by TutHillTiger
Mississippi Alabama
Member since Sep 2010
43700 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 5:57 pm
Watching something on TV with that in background and remembering my dad’s stories, is there really any defense for it, other than they may have honestly thought they were correct
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
35111 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 5:57 pm to
Charlie is a little shite
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
38584 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:01 pm to
Those Koreans were a fierce enemy.
This post was edited on 8/19/23 at 6:02 pm
Posted by upgrade
Member since Jul 2011
13119 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:01 pm to
Total mistake. The domino effect was not real.
Posted by tigeraddict
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
11821 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:01 pm to
We were definitely weaker afterwards with nothing to show for it but tens of thousands of casualties and billions of dollars wasted.

Posted by Thundercles
Mars
Member since Sep 2010
5088 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:02 pm to
Might have been the first time Americans en masse realized our government was an absolute piece of shite that doesn't give a frick about the money they take from us or the lives of its people.
Posted by BeachDude022
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Member since Dec 2006
34865 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:02 pm to
Major mistake. And frick Ali for running away from it when my uncle was forced to go and was killed at 19 years old.
Posted by Northshore Aggie
Mandeville, LA
Member since Sep 2022
4762 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:02 pm to
There are a lot of defenses for it. And there are a lot of arguments against it. It's not a yes or no easy question.
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6--Brazos River Backwater
Member since Sep 2015
26318 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:03 pm to
quote:

Vietnam War: Mistake or not

Just answer this question: is the capital of Vietnam today known as Lyndon Baines Johnson City?
Posted by OWLFAN86
The OT has made me richer
Member since Jun 2004
176109 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:03 pm to
considering the geopolitical events at the time the United States is right to pick up where France was unable the problem was We let the politicians fight it and not the generals

We had won the war but the North Vietnamese Russians and Chinese knew that if they just kept up the pressure that the politics back in America would shake our country's will to win

And the way we treated the returning vets was absolutely shameful
Posted by Cuz413
Member since Nov 2007
7361 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:04 pm to
If we don't fight this war, communism will spread. Our young men need to die to contain it there.

2023: communism is everywhere.
Posted by LSUtoBOOT
Member since Aug 2012
12477 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:05 pm to
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Total mistake.

LBJ was a big mistake.
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
72995 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:05 pm to
Just another example of the US sticking it’s nose where it doesn’t belong. The Gulf of Tonkin incident was another in a now long line of false flags.
This post was edited on 8/19/23 at 8:02 pm
Posted by 1609tiger
Member since Feb 2011
3244 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:06 pm to
Should have never been involved in a half war. If you’re committing men to battle you better be prepared to do what’s needed to win.
Posted by TutHillTiger
Mississippi Alabama
Member since Sep 2010
43700 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:06 pm to
It seemed to change everything here
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6--Brazos River Backwater
Member since Sep 2015
26318 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:07 pm to
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frick Ali for running away from it

Ali was a conscientious objector. I don't blame him, nor the hordes of Americans who fled to Canada to escape the cruel, unjust war.
Posted by Porpus
Covington, LA
Member since Aug 2022
1664 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:08 pm to
The war was perpetrated by professional soldiers using the blood of ordinary citizens.

The professional soldier has no legitimate place in US society. He is the usurper of Washington, Jefferson, and Hale.
Posted by Traveler
I'm not late-I'm early for tomorrow
Member since Sep 2003
24275 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:08 pm to
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LBJ and Robert McNamara were a big mistake
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
142362 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:09 pm to
The Tet Offensive, the turning point of the war, was in fact a military failure for NV

Giap & other NV generals were flabbergasted to see the US Media portray it as a success
Posted by JackieTreehorn
Malibu
Member since Sep 2013
29153 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:12 pm to
Big mistake. My Dad lost his childhood best friend in that shite hole. All for nothing.
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