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To: Lane3 who wrote (147453)	11/17/2005 6:34:04 PM
From: bela_ghoulashi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793835

We were not defeated by the North Vietnamese. We did not lose the war to our opponents on the battlefield. Even they acknowledge that.

To: Lane3 who wrote (147453)	11/17/2005 6:40:44 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 793835

It's amazing what you can learn about public opinion It's amazing that the popular perception is that the US militarily lost the war and was driven out. But in fact, we militarily won the war and forced the N Vietnamese to sign a ceasefire. South Vietnam only collapsed after we left and the N. Vietnamese violated the ceasefire, and Congress refused to approve money to come to their assistance. We abandoned South Vietnam because the domestic anti-war movement had dissolved US morale to fight North Vietnamese aggression. There is also the popular perception that the US was the aggressor, so got its reward. I've found that most people don't realize that we were defending our ally South Vietnam against the North. It's disgraceful. What's even more disgraceful is that those that opposed the war don't feel responsible for the slaughter that followed the abandonment of South Vietnam to the Communists. Derek