Did the US military lose South Vietnam? There was hardly more than a corporol's guard of US Forces in South Vietnam when the North Vietname Army invaded the South in the spring of 1975. The Watergate Democratic Congress cut off all aid to the South Vietnamese militry and forbad the use of US air power, making inevitable the overthrow of South Vietnam and the resulting bloodshed and oppression.
There is much South Vietnamese bllod on the hands of the Democratic Party, including many members still serving in Congress.
"Did the US military lose South Vietnam?"
No, I said they weren't allowed to fight the war to the best of their ability. You can blame the Democratic Congress at the time for the bloodshed that followed our withdrawl but it is the American people who ultimately made the decision to wash our hands of all things Vietnamese. That includes all the war protesters and the "silent majority". What I find most disturbing about South Vietnam is that after all we invested there, the spark of freedom didn't ignite anything and they layed down for their own slaughter. Unfortunately, I believe the same thing will happen in Iraq after we leave. A thug will fill the leadership vacuum and they'll be back to square one. I sincerely hope I'm wrong on that one.