[Retain Mike]

On that subject I like this article that I first found in my U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings magazine.

Vietnam 1965: The Day It Became the Longest War

http://extendedremarks.blogspot.com/2006/12/vietnam-1965-day-it-became-longest-war.html

“The bold measures they would propose were to apply massive air power to the head of the enemy, Hanoi, and to close North Vietnam's harbors by mining them. The situation was not a simple one, and for several reasons. The most important reason was that North Vietnam's neighbor to the north was communist China.”

[daniel1212]

"The most important reason was that North Vietnam's neighbor to the north was communist China.”"

Meaning delay for another day. Now Pentagon official warns that China is acquiring new weapons five times faster than US