[oh8eleven]

Forty years ago this April, our nation lost the Vietnam War
BS. I guess this guy never heard of the 1973 Treaty of Paris. At the least, Vietnam was a military victory and a political draw.

[PROCON]

Yup, Rules of Engagement kept us from finishing the job.

Still pissed 40+ years later.

[mountainlion]

Forty years ago this April, our nation lost the Vietnam War
BS. I guess this guy never heard of the 1973 Treaty of Paris. At the least, Vietnam was a military victory and a political draw.

The way we lost the war was when the DemoRATS defended the military and blamed the Veterans for all sorts of things to cover their treason.

[Hugin]

I guess this guy never heard of the 1973 Treaty of Paris.

Which was about as real as Obama's upcoming agreement with Iran. The North Vietnamese were perfectly aware of the political situation in the USA. Of course they would have liked to have won militarily, but they always had the backup plan of making the public so sick of the war we would quit. The Paris Treaty was designed to allow us to leave, knowing that once we did there would be no support for going back. It worked.

[Cry if I Wanna]

We lost. Bill Murray said it in Stripes.

[centurion316]

BS. I guess this guy never heard of the 1973 Treaty of Paris. At the least, Vietnam was a military victory and a political draw.

The Treaty of Paris was an instrument of surrender. The North Vietnamese Army was allowed to remain in South Vietnam, the U.S. withdrawn all of their ground troops and the logistic support allowed to the South Vietnamese was entirely insufficient to defend their country.

[Don Corleone]

At the least, Vietnam was a military victory and a political draw.

Yup! I well remember that military victory epitomized by the iconic photo of the helicopter on the embassy roof. Now all shout,"USA...USA...USA!" Then go look at the Granite wall in DC.