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Originally posted by Beauty
We didn't lose Viet Nam because of domestic opposition to the war. There was domestic opposition to the war for a host of good reasons, which were also why we lost.
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This is so wrong as to be stunning.
First, we never, even at the beginning, committed to the effort in more than a quarter-ass way, because of public/political oppsotion to the effort. It's ludicrous to think that, with full public and political backing, we couldn't have rolled right through that entire country in about a week.
Read the NVA generals' memoirs about the war. They knew exactly what their fight was - they spent about half of their efforts affecting US public attitudes towards the war and their motivations. They knew they could never truly win a military victory over us - they had to win the political one within our country. Read the memoirs, and see how attuned they were to every political speech, every march, every protest. We were their greatest comfort.
Iraq will be the exact same situation.
