Rapidcreek to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoNearly five decades after the fall of Saigon, U.S. will help Vietnam boost its military capabilitieswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1155cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1155external-linkNearly five decades after the fall of Saigon, U.S. will help Vietnam boost its military capabilitieswww.cnbc.comRapidcreek to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square57fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareRapidcreekOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThe US sued for peace for the reasons I’ve given.
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoWho cares why The US lost, they lost. Vietnam won.
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoWhat the hell distinction is that? They started shit, got hit, then left. They lost.
minus-squareRapidcreekOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThe distinction is the US wasn’t defeated militarily as the OP said.
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoDid their military try to win? Did they? That sounds like their military was defeated.
minus-squareRapidcreekOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoNot on the battlefield as I’ve said. Politics ended the war, not the Vietnamese. It’s not a hard to understand concept.
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoHow is killing enough of a side that that side doesn’t want to fight anymore not winning? You are really wound up in wanting to call losing something other than what it was—losing.
minus-squareRapidcreekOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoTalk about being wound up…I said yes they won but not on the battlefield. What part of that don’t you understand?
The US sued for peace for the reasons I’ve given.
Who cares why The US lost, they lost.
Vietnam won.
Yes, but not on the battlefield.
What the hell distinction is that?
They started shit, got hit, then left.
They lost.
The distinction is the US wasn’t defeated militarily as the OP said.
Did their military try to win?
Did they?
That sounds like their military was defeated.
Not on the battlefield as I’ve said. Politics ended the war, not the Vietnamese. It’s not a hard to understand concept.
How is killing enough of a side that that side doesn’t want to fight anymore not winning?
You are really wound up in wanting to call losing something other than what it was—losing.
Talk about being wound up…I said yes they won but not on the battlefield. What part of that don’t you understand?