Who Lost Nam?

[DarkFury]

People revise history constantly and if you are democrat almost daily. Now as I recall democrats CUT financial funding to the south to maintain and train AFTER agreeing to the peace accord.

And as I recall even though Cronkite said we lost Tet, that in truth they had some of the highest death numbers seen in that war to that date. The following "story" is supposed to set the record straight. Anybody that needs to view the democrats take on post Nam view this....

That woman is a serious retard folks. Anyway here is the link to this revisionest history. Thoughts?
Setting the record straight on the end of the Vietnam War (3): Not a lost victory

 

[waltky]

Woodrow Wilson lost Vietnam...

... Ho Chi Minh was a young man...

... when he tried to get Wilson's attention...

... to the plight of the Vietnamese...

... Wilson ignored him.

 

[The Great Goose]

America won, but then abandoned it.

 

[whitehall]

LBJ lost Nam. LBJ set the rules so that the U.S. could win every battle and still loose the freaking war and the democrat party and the liberal media managed to blame Nixon. We lost about the same number of brave Americans during the Korean War but the media wasn't shocked or outraged by the gross mismanagement and mistakes in in a conflict that started with an executive order rather than congressional consent because the Troops didn't whine about it and Truman was a democrat and heir to the FDR legacy.

 

[TheOldSchool]

We left Vietnam, and then Russia won the cold war, everyone became a communist, and Vietnam is a crater... oh wait...

 

[Daryl Hunt]

From sometime starting in late 1970, South Vietnam was fairly stable. Well, it was as stable as it ever was. The VC destroyed themselves during Tet and could no longer go into villages and "Draft" the young people into service. The North could no longer get very far into South Vietnam. The enemy supply lines dried up when only 1 out of 200 supply vehicles could get through. But you can't say that the North didn't try. In 1972, we decided to drive them to the negotiation tables in Paris. For the first time, the war was taken to the North through air power and the Navy and AF were allowed to actually do their jobs. But there were problems with the peace negotiations. The biggest point was it allowed the North to build back up just outside of South Vietnam. They did and just waited.

Nixon promised that air support and logistics support were to be provided to South Vietnam on the US. With Nixon gone, in 1975, the North decided Ford was a milksop. They were correct. The air support and supplies didn't come. The North attacked with a 550K army against a South Military of 1.3M. The problem is, the South didn't have enough gas for planes, fuel for vehicles, ammo for guns, guns, etc.. Many of the South Generals recognized this and just folded. You can't fight AKs, Tanks and Jets with Pitch Forks and Rakes.

I knew the end happened with a captured F-5 strafed the Presidential Palace.

Did we win the first Vietnam War, yes. Right after LBJ left office and Nixon took over. After Westmoreland left and Abrams took over. But we weren't involved in the Second Vietnam war. We sat that one out.

 

[Mad Scientist]

Seems to me Vietnam was a war we never supposed to win in the first place.

Just make boatloads of money for the Military Industrial Complex.

 

[shadow355]

Washington lost Vietnam . It was about politics and hampering the troops . Westmoreland and his personal agenda , along with poor leadership contributed to Washington politicians.

We should have won - but we lost.

Money, property , drugs and post war promises were more important.

Shadow 355

 

[Agit8r]

Who is responsible for Vietnam being taken over by commies? The rubber plantation owners.