squireartus Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 The Vietnam War was a fiasco. The protests that the american people made were correct. Vietnam won by determination (soldiers had a tattoo: "Born in the North, die in the South"). The question is: if the Vietnam War were in the present day, would Vietnam win again? It's no use having perforating missiles, the mother of all bombs. The war in Iraq lasted 10 years. The answer is: they could. The Vietnam war could last for 20 years. This situation is hypothetical and will not happen. But it exemplifies what wins a war.
Function Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 The problem is, you almost certainly know that the US will tend to follow laws of war, whereas Vietnam might not - cf. ISIS, Syria, ... So it's not easy to tell. NBC/CBRN agents can do lot of damage.
EdEarl Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 (edited) Since WWII wars the US were in have been encouraged by the military industrial complex, with a strong profit motive behind propaganda to incite US citizens. From this prospective, the companies would prefer a no win scenario to extend the length of the war as much as possible; thereby, increasing profits. Considering the amount of trade Vietnam does, the rate they are growing, and the expected increase in per-capita income in the next few years, we might consider that war to be won. I think both communism and democratic-capitalism are failing. China is a one party country, nominally the communist party, but they don't follow Marx doctrine, rather they are capitalist. The USSR no longer exists. Thus, the bastions of communism have fallen. Capitalism is having great success toward reducing marginal cost to zero through automation. One notable company that has failed is AT&T. The name was purchased by Southwestern Bell, but the long distance company AT&T no longer exists, because long distance service is basically free, since it is bundled with your basic phone rates. This trend is accelerating. See: Edited July 20, 2017 by EdEarl
Area54 Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 Vietnam won by determination America lost through an abyssmal strategy and questionable tactics.
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