As the US grew to be a greater world power, it came to rely on brute force to the exclusion of all other tactics.Debate on alternative methods became almost treasonable. Because conservative American leaders blamed the press and home front dissent for that nation's defeat in Vietnam, they failed to recognise the real reason the war was lost. The US wanted to fight, win and leave Vietnam. The Vietnamese wanted to fight, win and stay in their homeland as free men. Even if they lacked numbers and arms, the Vietnamese had passion and time on their side. It's a lesson that any number of insurgents, including the Iraqis and the American colonists, have taught historians.
A Soldier’s View of War - As Current "Conflicts" Rage, Two Continuing
Factors Drive The Legacies of Vietnam, Iraq And Afghanistan
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Every U.S. citizen from the individual voter to the politician must view
our country’s recent, recurring, war-making motives as factors when
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