"D. Strang" wrote in
news:fkXHc.19373$r3.8784@okepread03:

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I would disagree. While I agree the war was a failure, because the
mission was too broad: "Stop Communism." If the mission was to
re-unify the country, then we should never have cancelled the
elections. The country was not a threat to anyone, even as a Soviet
client. Once we went defensive, the war was over. The Vietnamese
found out rather quickly that the Soviets were worthless, and their
relationship didn't last long after the war was over.

Not to mention that eternal chumship with their northern
neighbours went the way of the dodo real soon as well.

IBM

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