Posted on 04/30/2024 4:57:26 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
Commemorating the 49th Anniversary of the fall of Saigon with the Vietnamese Veterans Association, members of South Australia’s veterans’ community, and the broader Vietnamese community.
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The Armed Forces of the United States never lost a ground engagement in Vietnam. The war, in my judgment, was lost by lack of support by Congress, led by the liberal news media.
It should also be noted that both the House and Senate were controlled by Democrats. They got us into the war and disgracefully ended it.
A sad day.
>The war, in my judgment, was lost by lack of support by Congress, led by the liberal news media.
Thank you Walter Cronkite, you idiot Communist you.
> The war, in my judgment, was lost by lack of support by Congress, led by the liberal news media. <
Very true. But I think there’s another component. A major justification for our involvement was the “domino effect”. If we don’t stop the Communists in Vietnam, communism will invariably spread to neighboring countries. I’m old enough to remember those days. There was even some suggestion that Australia might fall.
This is far different from how we got involved in WW2. Back in 1941 every citizen knew the danger. But the “domino effect” argument was weak, based on maybes.
It’s hard for a democracy to conduct a long war when a good percentage of the population doubts the reason for it.
No doubt of it; one of the “wins” of Watergate for the left was the chance to defund South Vietnam; from the same damned group of people (LBJ, McNamara, Teddy Kennedy, etc.) who started it and botched it. You had a President in Nixon who had the highest ratings in history, coming off the biggest presidential win, and the FBI Deputy Director, probably along with the CIA, acted as Deep Throat to screw him out of office and ensure that the war was lost. Things don’t change much, do they?
LBJ lied, and a lot of Americans died. Signed a Vietnam Vet.
I was too young to follow things at the time, so maybe my perspective is skewed. I'd appreciate any insight from those who know...
Chinese take the centuries long view, and the NVA was supported by China. That’s the answer. The Viet Nam war was never going to be over, just like the Korean war is not over. US doesn’t fight with a long view. We need things settled instantly. Our people are instant gratification types.
Simplistically that’s the Western Way of War** - maneuver & fight toward a climatic battle that settles the issue. The Eastern way is raid avoid raid avoid raid avoid raid until the enemy goes away. Does the Eastern way seem primitive & tribal in nature. The answer is yes!
** See Victor Davis Hanson’s Book - The Western Way of War
Anniversary of blatant government lying and well to do spoiled college students bored and looking for a cause, and parents just wanting to be left alobe in their pursuit of materialism.
And it continues.
Another proxy war with Russia and China where the American taxpayer lost both money, family and friends, and the big investors in the military industrial complex got wealthier. Rinse and repeat.
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