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Originally Posted by Mutt
To contain the spread of Communism, I concede they maintained the status quo in Korea but when you consider yourselves the baddest asses on the planet a 'draw' looks like a defeat - Vietnam was a debacle, leading to Cambodia and Laos as well becoming Communist states.
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American military forces were pulled out of Vietnam in '73 without having lost a single battle. In the following two years Northern forces defeated Southern forces in '75 and even then the South would not have fallen except for the fact that Congress had previously voted no more funding or assistance for Vietnam.
The US military is magnificent and performs with magnificence with a kill ratio ranging from 10 to 1 to 1000 to 1. but unfortunately it has to suffer with micromanagement from dumb ass politicians that want to play General.