We were not defeated by the rice farmers, we were defeated by the contemptible 1960’s liberals/communists.
As to the goat humpers they cannot be defeated only eradicated.
Perhaps, the strange thing is we are now going back to help Vietnam who has real enemy on their border in China.
I would not one bit surprised that at some point in the future we start funding the Taliban. China moves into Afghanistan; we start funding the Taliban to bog them down a guerilla war. Not saying it’s going to happen, but stranger things have occurred.