[huldah1776]

” Actually, the U.S. had won the war in Vietnam on the battlefield, just as the surge has done today in Iraq. Over Easter 1972, South Vietnamese forces, backed by U.S. airpower, crushed the last communist offensive, killing nearly 100,000 North Vietnamese troops.

The North was forced to sign peace accords in Paris recognizing the Republic of South Vietnam. The last 2,500 U.S. support troops went home. What they left was a fragile but sustainable peace, and an elected government in Saigon that was growing stronger every month.”

My brother died in Nam. This means more to me than anything I have heard in the last 37 years. I will e-mail it to the rest of my family. Thank you.

[timydnuc]

God bless your brother. I was there (Vietnam) and I can testify to your claims. We won that war! The despicable politicians lost the country to the communists. If you let them they will lose this country to the Islamists and the socialists. Communism isn't dead, it's in hibernation. We have to keep the enteral vigilance to keep our freedom. Freedom isn't free I found that out in Vietnam, and I'd do it again if I had to.

[PurpleMountains]

I also say, God bless your brother. What I hope you also know is that honest historians maintain that the strain placed on the Soviet Union in providing material support for regimes like the North Vietnamese contributed mightily to their eventual economic collapse, and the sacrifices made there were not in vain.