2007-08-22 18:19:34 · 9 answers · asked by zclifton2 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
How do you Judge success.
Would it mean genocide.
You cant possibly win a war like that.
Even the war in Iraq can no longer be seen as winnable, as all the objectives set out for in the first place have been lost.
The best way to keep safe is to not start wars in other countries.
2007-08-22 18:26:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Many lessons learned and historians are only now seeing the effects of Vietnam. This is not me talking but some of the more renowned geopolitical historians all over the world, not just in the US, now believe that the domino theory was real. The UN stand in Korea and the US stand in Vietnam caused the Soviets to back communist regimes that they otherwise never would have fooled with. Had North Korea and North Vietnam not been opposed, the Soviets would have been emboldened to promote the communist overthrow of countries all over the Pacific rim. Korea is still technically at war and although we were finally ousted from Vietnam, it took more than twelve years to do it. In hindsight, historians today see the ultimate collapse of the USSR in the late eighties and early nineties as directly related to our efforts in those countries. They finally realized that we were not going to go away when it came to opposing world Communist domination. It simply got too expensive especially considering that it was necessary to also spend vast fortunes keeping up with our strategic threat.
Ronald Reagan gets the credit for busting the Soviet economy with his star wars scheme but in reality the stage had already been set in Vietnam and Korea.
2007-08-23 01:24:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
A lot safer and maybe a little happier? Yes.
Smarter or richer? Probably not.
Saved? Saved from what?
Forgiven? Forgiven for what?
2007-08-23 02:08:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did a UN mission in Cambodia years ago to get rid of the unexploded ordinance left over from the carpet bombing and mining. There are alot of men, women and children there missing limbs. The US owes some major apologies to people.
I bought a shirt last week made in vietnam, kudos on keeping them from the evils of communism.
2007-08-23 03:57:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hon, your history is incorrect, we never fought a war in Vietnam. That was merely an armed conflict. And none of the above. We would still just be America! God Bless America and our allies!
2007-08-23 01:29:13 · answer #5 · answered by Sgt Little Keefe 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Vietnam war was won, just not by the U.S. That's why the drug of choice on American streets was changed from Herion to Coke. In the 60's it was junkies on every corner. Now you have crack heads on every corner.
2007-08-23 01:28:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
What does Vietnam have to do with Islamic terrorists wanting to kill us today?? There is no connection.
2007-08-23 01:53:11 · answer #7 · answered by SW1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. No. Uh-Uh. Nyet. Negative. I doubt it. And that goes for Iraq- too. The World would've just ended up aLOT worse off than it is- now.
2007-08-23 01:39:12 · answer #8 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-08-23 01:38:09 · answer #9 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋