Supply lines are no good if there's nothing to supply. If we had bombed Haiphong and Hanoi into rubble, smashed the NViet irrigation systems and dropped Agent Orange onto their rice paddies, North Vietnam would have struggled to feed their own people and would have no capabilities left over to bother the South.
We were unwilling to fight as we fought WW2. And so we lost.
Unless you are willing to kill your enemy and all that stand with him, surrender for he has already defeated you.
War is nasty business. If you go to war not only is the military a valid target but ALL the infrastructure is a legitimate target. This will also include civilians that maintain the infrastructure and agriculture.
We were unwilling to fight as we fought WW2. And so we lost.
Exactly. Although I would have used nukes since thats where we left off in WW2. I don’t think Russia nor China would have risked MAD over North Vietnam.