Ed Rasimus wrote in message . ..
failures didn't relate to lack of SA as much as to political gradualism


Please note that political gradualism worked well enough for Hanoi.
Uniting the North and South took 30 years, which suggests that
patience does have its rewards.

Their response so gradual that Ho Chi Minh had plenty of time
to grow a very long beard. Of course, he didn't live long enough
to see Saigon fall, so maybe you have a point. ; )



and lack of will to win.


Specifically, LBJ's lack of will to occupy Laos, thanks to the
neutrality pact signed by the Kennedy Administration who probably
knew full well that Hanoi would sign it, but never honor it.