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Originally Posted by Thoran
I was young but I recall the tail end of Vietnam - or more accurately: the aftermath. I recall the feeling that we had lost was a lot stronger back then than it is now... so age would make most folks even MORE pessimistic about the Vietnam outcome not less so.
The fact that we were long gone when the North ultimately won doesn't change the fact that we bailed and 'our side' lost... despite the fact that we decisively won every single engagement of that war (even Tet... which most people seem to think we lost).
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I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure that the US lost the Vietnam war. Otherwise, Vietnam would not be a communist country today, right?