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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (147856)10/14/2004 3:03:00 PM
From: Bruce L  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
My Brother:

Re: Vietnam

1. The NVA won the battle of wills? Yes, they were the better soldiers. Americans, in effect, fought the war for 12 years while the South Vietnamese stood around. When they had to take on battle responsibilities from 1973 on, they were not nearly "tough" enough.

2. The NVA could lay low when their will ebbed? Yes.

3. The NVA could largely determine the times, places and levels of intensity? Yes. Undoubtedly. During the entire conflict from 1960 on, we essentially respected their territorial integrity. They had "sanctuary" in the North.

4. "In the interim" the actions we took incensed the local population? No. After Tet, the U.S. essentially disengaged and stayed in their large bases. (I was there!) South Vietnam was stable in those years and Americans could walk around Saigon and even outlying areas such as Cu Chi in relative safety.

5. It was only a matter of time unil our will eroded to the point where we left? No, our will had already eroded by 1970, as was evidenced by our ceasing active military operations.

THE SOUTH LOST, NOT BECAUSE OF AN UPRISING OF LOCALS, BUT BECAUSE MAINFORCE NVA BATTALIONS CAME SOUTH - IN VIOLATION - OF THE PARIS ACCORDS OF APRIL 1973 - AND DEFEATED THE WEAKER WILLED ARVN. NO DIFFERENT FROM THE GERMANS DEFEATING THE FRENCH IN MAY 1940.

Bruce
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