In article , Corky Scott says...
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C'mon Jay, have you done your homework? The US had enough military
force invested in the Vietnamese war to win it, why didn't they? Why
didn't the North Vietnamese simply give up in the face of that
incredible, overwhelming fire power?

C'mon, you know the answer.

We did not capture the nation. The military was denied permission to
invade North Vietnam because Washington was afraid it would upset
China, ...

Quite correct and why we can't afford to have a Democrat in the White House
right now. Clinton was adequate to oversee the interim between the cold war and
the terrorist wars but keep in mind that all the of Democratic candidates save
Lieberman (has he dropped out yet?) are anti war and would immediately freeze us
in position like Johnson. The model applied to Germany and Japan will serve the
worlds interest better than that of Vietnam and North Korea.