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To: Abner Hosmer who wrote (1453)	4/4/1999 5:43:00 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 17770

<<That is total nonsense. If we'd have occupied the North, the war would have been finished. We had the means, but never attempted to do it, for one reason: it would have brought in the Chinese. They had over 200,000 troops stationed in the North throughout the war.>> Just like occupying the South, "winning hearts and minds" was going to "finish" the war? The Vietnamese had a greater stake in that conflict than what you give them credit for. They would have fought from every nook and cranny and from behind every tree with every weapon down to sticks and stones before they would have given up. Their resolve was stronger than ours, they were willing to take appalling losses to win their cause. They would have resorted to guerrilla tactics across the length and breadth of Vietnam and worn us down till we decided to pack it up and leave. Im no Jane Fonda, dont get me wrong. But history has shown that this was the case. They had a dream, they had a cause they held worth dying for. Americans didnt deem Vietnam worth dying for. They would have won irregardless because they had time on their side.