WOW!
Awesome post. Displays maturity as well as logic.
It's true... the answer to my question really revolves on how one defines "win" or "won"
Keep posting knowledge, bro!
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Originally posted by punkworld
Being able to win doesn't consist merely of having the capacity to kill everyone opposing you. It consists of realistically being able to achieve your specific goal.
Could the US have turned the whole of Vietnam into a glass desert? Sure. That isn't the question though. The question is if the US could have turned South-Vietnam into a stable, pro-western state without unacceptably high costs in both lives and money in the eyes of the US population, and without unacceptable damage to international relations.
What it all comes down to is that in the real world, there is no "could have". There is only a "did".
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