Did we win in Viet Nam?

"John Mullen" wrote in message
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"Brett" wrote in message
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(big snip)

So, comparable with Nam then?

No, the Soviets never came to any agreement with the actual "troops"
fighting them in Afghanistan. So while it might be considered an orderly
withdrawal it was a withdrawal made under enemy fire. North Vietnam was
bombed into accepting a peace agreement and the US withdrawal wasn't under
fire and North Vietnam returned the US POW's they admitted or we knew they
had.

If you cared to reword this I might be able to make sense of it. As it
stands I cannot.

He's trying to make something out of the Russians pulling out under fire and he
seems to be under the impression that while Kissinger was negotiating with the
NVs in Paris in '73, none of our guys were shooting at any of their guys and
vice versa. At any rate, agreement was reached in January '73 and by the end of
March, all US combat troops were out of there.

Personally, withdrawal is withdrawal, whether as a result of enemy fire or
negotiations.....it still signifies defeat.

George Z.