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In Vietnam, the Americans were never able to match the willpower of the North Vietnamese. That is because the North Vietnamese were willing to risk their existence as a people to win in South Vietnam. There was no way the American people would continue to support the effort to overcome such devotion. And the U.S. Senate was unwilling to sanction a stalemate, which COULD have been achieved with continued levels of military aid to South Vietnam. At this time, a stalemate was acceptable in Korea, in Germany and in the Middle East. Why was Vietnam different? Because the U.S. Senate had written off South Vietnam as an ally. That was a heavily Democrat-controlled Senate, by the way.