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-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?
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoHow was it not on the battlefield? Vietnam shot Americans. America didn’t like being shot. America pulled out. Does it have to be a football game with refs for you to count it as a legitimate win? What point are you even trying to make, “If it wasn’t for those pussies in Washington America would have won!”? The US lost the will to prosecute the war due to unacceptable losses Did that not happen in battle?
minus-squareRapidcreekOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago Did that not happen in battle? No. It happened in the US. What point are you even trying to make, “If it wasn’t for those pussies in Washington America would have won!”? No. I’m trying to clarify historical facts. Does it have to be a football game with refs for you to count it as a legitimate win? I said they won several times. You’re getting tiring
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?
How was it not on the battlefield?
Vietnam shot Americans.
America didn’t like being shot.
America pulled out.
Does it have to be a football game with refs for you to count it as a legitimate win?
What point are you even trying to make, “If it wasn’t for those pussies in Washington America would have won!”?
Did that not happen in battle?
No. It happened in the US.
No. I’m trying to clarify historical facts.
I said they won several times. You’re getting tiring