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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (233175)5/17/2005 1:34:45 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (3) of 1574637
 
"American history books say it was the Viet Cong."

If they do, they are wrong. The VC pretty ceased to exist as a major force after the Tet Offensive.

Besides, the US wasn't losing in Vietnam, but we weren't winning either. When you have to establish heavily fortified firebases with little free movement and lots of areas where you just don't go, victory isn't assured. That is why the word "quagmire" is associated with it.
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