[js1138]

Vietnam in 1965 would have been just fine if we had taken the war to Hanoi. Even the mining of the harbor would have been enough. Pity it wasn't used to win the war instead of covering our retreat.

[Captain Kirk]

Mining of Haiphong harbor (which Nixon tried later) would have been about as succesful as the British closure of Boston Port in the 1770s. The problems in SV were internal in SV as nearly every ARVN officer was involve in coup plotting one time or another rather than fighting the commies.

An invasion of NV, of course, would have been a disaster and brought massive Chinese intervention (a la Korea).

[johnb838]

Yeah, but then we got our asses whupped in the Tet offensive. Right? Ri-ght? We didn't? You mean we kicked THEIR tails? Then why did we bug out? The world wonders.