Actually, the USSR and China and communism won in Vietnam and North Korea. They lost in Afghanistan.
Actually, the USSR & China were having border clashes throughout the Vietnam War, and some have theorized that keeping pressure on Chinese expansionism to the south was part of a larger strategy that promoted discord between the two Communist giants.
You seem also to have left out certain Central American, South American, Asian and African nations from your contested zones, plus Cuba, Egypt, etc. Most were 'pushes' or victories over Communism.
In Vietnam, it was nationalist will that prevailed, not Soviet weaponry or strategy. The North absorbed enormous casualties and persisted because, well, where else could they go? We always had the option of retreating to a safe home while they had to win or lose and endure either at home.
Korea would correctly be called a push. South Korea has a thriving economy while the North has been enduring starvation and hardship. I wonder which population is more grateful for the outside aid?
And escalating the pace of the arms race was not a conscious effort that was previously thought of as a strategy to bring such a swift collapse to the USSR, yet in retrospect, it certainly helped.
You probably just said that cause you're sore that we let NZ fall to the Commies... <GG> |
