Vietnam War

Just watching Ken Burns doc on the bbc.

I will have to watch it again when the house is quieter.

But at first glance it does seem that a lot of brave young men were let down badly by the politicians and the Generals.

I dont know if the doc is accurate but the impression given is that they just didnt have a clue.

My knowledge of the conflict is poor and mainly taken from the movies.

How did it go so badly ?



Containment was a difficult strategy, especially if the nation in question had land borders with communists nations that you did not want to have open war with.


The guerrilla style of the war was a challenge to an military built around the potential tank battles of WWIII.


AND, the media was a much more powerful and hard to control force.

In Northern I Corps we fought North Vietnam's Army! No VC there!

But fighting as guerrillas while the US was there in force is my understanding.

The VC were all over the country, well organized into three types of offense:

1. Local VC who were recruiters, spies, saboteurs, etc.
2. Regional militia types who operated at night and merged with the population during the day.
3. Regular Forces "Hardcore VC", well trained, uniformed, well disciplined and willing to fight openly.

All these were controlled by the NVA, would search for and fight pitched battles with US forces.
 
Just watching Ken Burns doc on the bbc.

I will have to watch it again when the house is quieter.

But at first glance it does seem that a lot of brave young men were let down badly by the politicians and the Generals.

I dont know if the doc is accurate but the impression given is that they just didnt have a clue.

My knowledge of the conflict is poor and mainly taken from the movies.

How did it go so badly ?



Containment was a difficult strategy, especially if the nation in question had land borders with communists nations that you did not want to have open war with.


The guerrilla style of the war was a challenge to an military built around the potential tank battles of WWIII.


AND, the media was a much more powerful and hard to control force.

In Northern I Corps we fought North Vietnam's Army! No VC there!

But fighting as guerrillas while the US was there in force is my understanding.


I was there! Your understanding is wrong.
 
Just watching Ken Burns doc on the bbc.

I will have to watch it again when the house is quieter.

But at first glance it does seem that a lot of brave young men were let down badly by the politicians and the Generals.

I dont know if the doc is accurate but the impression given is that they just didnt have a clue.

My knowledge of the conflict is poor and mainly taken from the movies.

How did it go so badly ?

The biggest problem was generals who could not perform their duties as they had been trained due to micromanagement from the White House.
 
Just watching Ken Burns doc on the bbc.

I will have to watch it again when the house is quieter.

But at first glance it does seem that a lot of brave young men were let down badly by the politicians and the Generals.

I dont know if the doc is accurate but the impression given is that they just didnt have a clue.

My knowledge of the conflict is poor and mainly taken from the movies.

How did it go so badly ?

The biggest problem was generals who could not perform their duties as they had been trained due to micromanagement from the White House.
Amen Brother
 
Just watching Ken Burns doc on the bbc.

I will have to watch it again when the house is quieter.

But at first glance it does seem that a lot of brave young men were let down badly by the politicians and the Generals.

I dont know if the doc is accurate but the impression given is that they just didnt have a clue.

My knowledge of the conflict is poor and mainly taken from the movies.

How did it go so badly ?



Containment was a difficult strategy, especially if the nation in question had land borders with communists nations that you did not want to have open war with.


The guerrilla style of the war was a challenge to an military built around the potential tank battles of WWIII.


AND, the media was a much more powerful and hard to control force.
We have a Commerce Clause. Y'all on the right wing make it seem like you don't really believe in Capitalism and prefer the command economics of socialism on a national basis.

What the hell does the commerce clause have to do here? What a brain dead comment. You must be black!


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Just watching Ken Burns doc on the bbc.

I will have to watch it again when the house is quieter.

But at first glance it does seem that a lot of brave young men were let down badly by the politicians and the Generals.

I dont know if the doc is accurate but the impression given is that they just didnt have a clue.

My knowledge of the conflict is poor and mainly taken from the movies.

How did it go so badly ?



Containment was a difficult strategy, especially if the nation in question had land borders with communists nations that you did not want to have open war with.


The guerrilla style of the war was a challenge to an military built around the potential tank battles of WWIII.


AND, the media was a much more powerful and hard to control force.
We have a Commerce Clause. Y'all on the right wing make it seem like you don't really believe in Capitalism and prefer the command economics of socialism on a national basis.

What the hell does the commerce clause have to do here? What a brain dead comment. You must be black!


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lol. You must be on the right wing. We have a Commerce Clause in our Constitution, there are no, crime, drug, or terror clauses.
 
The biggest problem was generals who could not perform their duties as they had been trained due to micromanagement from the White House.
It was a total cluster fuck from the get-go. ..... :cool:

1) The generals, lead by Gen. Westmoreland, were using conventional WWll tactics and strategies to fight an insurgent enemy who was using guerrilla jungle tactics.

2) The Sec. of Defense Robert McNamara had assembled a group of Harvard MBA management eggheads known as the "Wiz Kids", who thought they could win the war using spread sheets and statistics.

3) And a president, Johnson, who didn't have a clue as to what to do about the war. .... :cool:
 
Just watching Ken Burns doc on the bbc.

I will have to watch it again when the house is quieter.

But at first glance it does seem that a lot of brave young men were let down badly by the politicians and the Generals.

I dont know if the doc is accurate but the impression given is that they just didnt have a clue.

My knowledge of the conflict is poor and mainly taken from the movies.

How did it go so badly ?

The Vietnamese War was pure arrogance. The US still has this arrogance, but will avoid jungle warfare and stick to places, like Iraq, against weak opposition, where it knows it can win. Venezuela is safe.
 
Just watching Ken Burns doc on the bbc.

I will have to watch it again when the house is quieter.

But at first glance it does seem that a lot of brave young men were let down badly by the politicians and the Generals.

I dont know if the doc is accurate but the impression given is that they just didnt have a clue.

My knowledge of the conflict is poor and mainly taken from the movies.

How did it go so badly ?

The biggest problem was generals who could not perform their duties as they had been trained due to micromanagement from the White House.

yeah with those bastards LBJ and DICK Nixon is it any wonder?

strange how post# 134 of mine got ignored.very few people realise thats what really transpired.
 

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