Vietnam and Korea has many historic points in common. Why the thing that has happened in South Korea, the assistance that come from U.S and democratic world did work in Korea but not in Vietnam, making the entire country under the control of communism with super low development in almost every aspects of the Vietnamese society nowadays? Why U.S leaves the South Vietnam alone seeing them badly give up to communism? Why U.S turn their back to SOuth Vietnam citizens, making them flee to the Pacific in seek of freedom after the fall of Saigon in 1975, risking their lives to be 'boat people' ???
Although the Vietnamese people are hard-working and do excellent at school and have 4000 years since national foundation, we still struggle with poverty and undevelopment? Where is the exit for us? Why it couldn't happen as good as it was with South Korea?
2007-11-19 20:29:42 · 4 answers · asked by Questioner 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
While Korea and Viet Nam may have many things in common throughout their histories, those two wars were fought in very different ways.
In Korea there were defined battle lines and the population in the south was supportive of the United Nations troops that were there (many countries other than the U.S.A. had troops in the Korean war).
The war in Viet Nam was a guerrilla war that had few defined battle lines, The U.S.A. was there without the support of other UN troops (very few troops from other countries fought in Viet Nam), and I don't think the U.S. ever had the full support of the people as they were viewed by many to be just another colonial invader.
If you don't win the hearts and minds of the people, you will not win the war.
2007-11-19 22:54:04 · answer #1 · answered by D D 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The Vietnamese were better fighters than the Americans and the war became very unpopular in America because the South Vietnamese government was so corrupt.
2007-11-20 04:26:40 · answer #2 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
America didn't lose Vietnam, because of American, world and media pressure, we were forced to pull out. America turned the war over to the South Vietnamese army, they lost the war.
If America wasn't forced out, things would be much better over there.
America didn't turn their back on Vietnam, we were forced out before we could finish the job. Could history be repeating itself ?
2007-11-19 23:55:59 · answer #3 · answered by Louie O 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is simple, army that attacks is weaker than army that defends. You have to have 5 solder's to 1 defending solder.
And after all America didn't won any war yet. Even WWII was won by Soviet troops.
2007-11-19 22:51:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋