[AndyJackson]

The attack that knocked us out was political and here in the USA.

What knocked us out was the incompetence of our political and military leaders. In chosing to back what was a crumbling French colonial regime we were not on the right side. In addition to that little bit of strategic bungling, destroying the livelihood of peasants by things like carpet bombing did not win a lot of converts to our side either. Sure made a hell of a racket though.

[Iris7]

What happened in Viet Nam is that Americans were subjected to a continuous barrage of Left propaganda from Jefferson Airplane to Walter Cronkite. The sheep believed the Left's lies. The Left assumed power.

Any and all support of the South Viet Namese was cut off by act of Congress. The North conquered the South by a huge armored invasion with shoulder launched anti aircraft missiles driving the South's helicopters from the battlefield. The excellent Soviet 130mm guns outranged anything the defenders had. Those guns were expertly used for counter battery fire destroying South Viet Namese artillery effectiveness.

Simple, really. Saw the whole thing happening from both sides of the Pacific.

The Navy is building a new class of attack subs to blockade the Chinese coastline if need be. B2s can readily destroy pipelines and railroad systems. No oil could get through. This is obviously the game plan, or at least the out in the open game plan, for war with China.