Echoes of Vietnam. Only this time we will be in the majors against another nuclear power. What could go wrong?
Have you forgotten that North Vietnam was Russia's proxy? That our B-52s were being shot down by Russian G2A missiles? That Johnson wouldn't let our guys hit Russian ships in Haiphong Harbor? And what became of Vietnam when we abandoned it? Boat people, so terrified of the totalitarians they they put to sea with almost no hope of survival. Read Jim Webb's Lost Soldiers for some context.