Why would I be blaming the troops? They did what they could to win.
I’m blaming the America back then that spat in their faces, that quit and gave up when the going got rough.
I have good friends who served in Vietnam. I’m just sorry that they’ve been treated so poorly all their lives by those who don’t know better, but that’s the fault of their generation.
Honestly, I have such a problem following your logic. Read your post again and you’ll see how it could be construed as a sneer on the troops.
Since I was alive and well during those days I also remember the hard hats, the vets of World War I & II, John Wayne and John Ford, and millions of others like my parents who defended the war and honored the troops. They rarely made the front page of the newspapers or the history books so I guess its logical for you to assume that the entire American population was going around spitting in the faces of G.I.’s, lol!