[Thrownatbirth]

Strategically, the Vietnam War prevented Soviet expansionists from securing territory and warm-water ports in Southeast Asia. No expansion meant no new revenue. The war also drained billions of rubles from the Soviet economy needed to support North Vietnam.

Without Vietnam, we probably would still be dealing with the Soviet Union today. Glad I could help when I did.

[KantianBurke]

Disagree. We never should have gotten involved in that conflict. Once it became clear in 1956 that the result of a nationwide election would be an Ho Chi Minh victory that should have been the handwriting on the wall.

As for draining the Soviets of funds, I am not sure of your source of info on that but the war certainly sucked quite a bit of cash for our treasury. The late 70’s inflation was a consequence of this.