Did we win in Viet Nam?

"John?] "
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In article , WalterM140
wrote:

We won in Viet Nam and lost in Washington and Paris. Your bitterness is
misdirected.


I don't see how anyone can say with a straight face that we "won"
anything in
Viet Nam.

NVA army units siezed the capital of the south, ran up their flag --
they even
changed the name. We and our allies had to flee. That's defeat.

Walt

You should try reading a history book sometime so perhaps you won't
look like such an idiot.

The last combat units left Vietnam on March 29 1973. The only American
forces remaining in Vietnam after that date were the Marine guards at
the embassy and the Defense Attache Office. When the NVA units seized
the capitol, US forces had been gone more than two years. It's hard to
flee or suffer a defeat when you are not even there.

So overall then you would say the US intervention in Vetnam was a success?
The lives lost worthwhile?

Just interested in how far you would go with this...

John