West needs to wake up.

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Why would I say Vietnam was a loser before our advisors became combatants?

How about we backed a loser from the start?

How about a "government" we were supporting that was really nothing more than a bunch of carpet-bagging Northern Catholics, many (but not all) of whom were former French lackeys, who fled south as the communists took control in the north? (Millions of Vietnamese fled in both directions in 55/56(+/-), much as they had when India & Pakistan came into being).

How about the fact that long before the problem of anti-war activism began to sap the will of the Americans to fight the war, there was NEVER any will on the part of the majority of Vietnamese people to fight the war?

How about the fact that many of the same steps that were necessary for us to score even partial or temporary victories drove more Vietnamese into the hands of the Communists?

The troops on the ground did not fail in Vietnam. The peace movement did not cause us to lose the war in Vietnam.

American policy failed in Vietnam - pure and simple. It was doomed before it started.