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Re: Second indochinese war, AKA, Vietnam War
« Topic Start: March 23, 2012, 09:59:05 PM »
War is a part of politics. You can't separate the two. America lost the Vietnam War. There is no such thing as winning militarily and losing politically.

Same goes for the Korean War. If America dropped a nuclear bomb in Manchuria, they 'might' have won the war.

Now that is a curious statement.

I would never in all my days have called the Korean War a defeat. To my knowledge, the war was not fought for the express purpose of destroying North Korea, but of preserving an anti-communist South Korea. Looks successful to me. Not total and decisive victory, but I would never in all my days have called it a defeat.
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