2006-08-01 03:03:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
wouldn't it be more relevant to ask how many vietnamese were killed or wounded?
2006-08-01 03:12:48 · answer #1 · answered by synopsis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
58,000. We were trying to bring capitalism and democracy to Viet Nam Communism had sworn to take over the world and destroy all capitalist countries. It started to spread to Viet Nam, and we tried to stop it. We failed in doing so, but we did send a message to other countries that if they went communist there would definitely be a fight. Communism didn't spread very far beyond Viet Nam. Communism eventually failed in Viet Nam, with everyone being impoverished, and they are now willingly converting to capitalism, as are Russia and China.
2006-08-01 10:13:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should ask How many Viets died, missing, poison, lost legs, lost arm, developed cancer and don't forget how many landmines were left and how many legs got blown off even after the war.
2006-08-01 12:15:20 · answer #3 · answered by eagleeye 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ove 50,000 killed. Many more than that wounded. Nothing was accomplished.
2006-08-01 10:17:19 · answer #4 · answered by namsaev 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing that was accomplished is that we found out (too late) that LBJ didn't know how to win a war.
2006-08-01 19:22:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
appox 53,000 KIA and the lesson learned was to allow the military to conduct a war NOT politicians
2006-08-01 10:09:32 · answer #6 · answered by sealss3006 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This may help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_war
good old wikipedia.
2006-08-01 10:09:09 · answer #7 · answered by afterbirth07 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋