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Originally posted by KSig RC
You'd think you would be celebrating that, rather than being a cantankerous nit and referencing Vietnam . . .
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Well, make it at least two nits.
Among the things I've worried about during this entire epsode is that we may not have learned much from our unfortunate experiences in Vietnam.
Among them that training local forces to take over from us didn't work. Those forces folded as we pulled out.
Also, that local elections would give legitimacy and strength to the government. It may have in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), but not the the majority of the country.
Finally, that the war would become a contest of attrition. Guerilla warfare is not our strongest suit.