"Aerophotos" wrote in message
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The war was lost in 1954 when the French were removed from Indochina
before it was renamed Vietnam. That was the beingging of a very sad and
sorry end which was completed in 1975.

After spending $163bn in 17yrs what did the US achieve one asks?

The spread of communism was stopped at Vietnam; a result identical to JFK's
stated intention for going to war.