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My hat goes off to every service member that fought in Vietnam. I am not going to try to answer the question because 1) I was not born during Vietnam 2) The patriots that were over there are summing up the war in this thread better than what I was ever taught in school.

But, I will just throw this out to see what type of response it gets.

I read a great piece concerning tactics and the way the war was fought and the way our leadership prepared for war. The article basically said that we tried to get so much into the heads of the Vietnamese by studying their philosophy on war (Sun Tzu) that we forgot our own.

We failed in what is referred to as the "perfect trinity" by Clauswitz: Army, Government, and People. Basically the politicians failed to win the hearts and minds of the American people and focused too much on the Vietnamese people.

Actually, the real reason America lost the Vietnam war is because it was 'stabbed in the back' by civilians, treacherous politicians and, of course, the November criminals. ;->