>>13291225The two options for 'winning' the Vietnam war, i.e. preventing the communists from taking over South Vietnam were 1) Continue fighting in South Vietnam for a decade and 2) Invade North Vietnam and end it quickly, but risk war with China. Since they didn't want war with China, they decided it wasn't worth it.
>>13291145I don't deny that the US government wastes a bunch of money haphazardly involving itself with other countries conflicts, tries to spread democracy, or destabilizes other countries, but the idea that our military gets defeated is ludicrous.
