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valerief

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8. America was trying to win Vietnam? News to me. I thought they were just looting the Treasury.
Reply to RainDog (Original post)
Tue Jul 22, 2014, 02:28 PM
Jul 2014

You know, war profiteering, the modern reason for warfare.

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Why America Lost the Vietnam War [View all] RainDog Jul 2014 OP
We Weren't Trying to Win liberalmike27 Jul 2014 #1
We lost for the same reason the British lost that continental fracas circa 1770's n/t sarge43 Jul 2014 #2
Thats not why we lost kylie5432 Jul 2014 #3
I thought that was a strange title for the video RainDog Jul 2014 #6
Reasons for the loss, we did not kill all Vietnamese, because that's the only way we could have won. 4bucksagallon Jul 2014 #9
Very powerful film. CanSocDem Jul 2014 #4
I thought it was powerful, too RainDog Jul 2014 #7
In the book "We Were Soldiers Once . . . And Young", Gen. Moore notes the Vietnamese felt victorious tclambert Jul 2014 #5
America was trying to win Vietnam? News to me. I thought they were just looting the Treasury. valerief Jul 2014 #8
Thank you for this important document of our era... MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #10
Marked for later. pam4water Jul 2014 #11
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