"Cultural Darwinism" and "white man's burden" aren't European inventions - the words are different, but the concepts have been a propaganda staple of state- and empire-building since the first tribal leader annexed his neighbor tribe (i.e. killed the menfolk and took their hunting grounds and women). Heck, people in Mesopotamia and Mohenjo Daro were doing it when European were running around in animal skins and living in caves. They're just new labels. Do you really think the Chinese and Javanese empire-builders said outright that we're here to steal your land and take your women? Spare me the nonsense that Europeans invented empire-building, and that what they did was uniquely bad. It wasn't.
You are the first person I have ever heard from who suggested that we lost to the VC because they had superior firepower.
I don't know what you're talking about. We exterminated the VC during the Tet offensive. After that, it was NVA participation all the way. The VC did not take Saigon in 1975. It was the NVA that crossed the border with tanks, Migs and heavy artillery.
Who said all of that??? Not me.