I simply don't care. My only point is that we did a lousy job of counterinsurgency in Vietnam. Period. That is it. Nada mas. Whatever your psychological or ideological baggage, I don't care. It is irrelevant to that one simple point that I made. Comparative catastrophies in colonial exploitation, moral relativism in imperialistic overreach, or whatever point you are trying to make. I don't care. We ran a lousy strategy in Vietnam and we lost.
Actually, you're arguing native man's superiority, moral relativism and all kinds of BS to support decolonization.
My only point is that we did a lousy job of counterinsurgency in Vietnam. Period. That is it.
And my point was that we did a good job, but ultimately failed because North Vietnam's allies were more steadfast than we were.
Whatever your psychological or ideological baggage, I don't care.
Your ideological baggage is very relevant, because it clouds the basic issue, which is that America defeat had nothing to do with not backing the "right" side. It had to do with winning the war and then having the rug pulled out by the Democratic party, at a time when US casualties were shrinking to nothing.