God bless all who served, but if you want a one-sentence analysis of why we lost, there it is.
“..God bless all who served, but if you want a one-sentence analysis of why we lost, there it is.”
And it was a war “fought” by politicians who were not interesting in WINNING the war and ending it. Our brave men were NEVER allowed to fight the war to WIN it. So many lives and much treasure could have been saved, on both sides, if we had been allowed to fight it to win it in the shortest time possible. A sad tragedy.
I’m curious about your response: why do you think that? In any counterinsurgency, you’re fighting for the people who live there. If you aren’t you haven’t a chance of winning.