If you had so called 'foreign invaders' in your country and and you were at war with them they left THEIR flag on your country, would you really leave it there? In all reality they would have removed it. It basically suggests conquered lands. This scene is totally unrealistic
shareUh...South Vietnam did not belong to the North Vietnamese. In any case, 'back in the day', the Vietnamese kingdoms usually fought among themselves-or tried to gobble up Cambodian territory.
And...that is how the French got their 'in' into Indochina: by assisting Cambodia which was being 'carved up' between the Southern Vietnamese Kingdom & The Kingdom of Siam.
Why can't you wretched prey creatures understand that the Universe doesn't owe you anything!?
Everything about this film (or about 98%) is totally accurate. The little flag he left was out of respect after they lost that battle when they had every advantage. I'm sure that wasn't left up the entire time. That was actually a famous picture of that flag on the exploded tree.
THERES NO ROOM IN MY CIRCUS TENT FOR YOU !!!!
And if Americans had lost the battle there would they reLly have left the communist flag there? Yeah rig.
Dream on.
Again why do North Viets have a say in what happens in South Vietnam?
Why can't you wretched prey creatures understand that the Universe doesn't owe you anything!?
The little flag he left was out of respect after they lost that battle when they had every advantage.
In any case the NVA regiment was tasked to 'take one for the team' & see what an Air Cav Division could 'dish out'.
Why can't you wretched prey creatures understand that the Universe doesn't owe you anything!?
And you miss the point, namely that the NVA came back after the battle anyway. The USA "won" the battle, but had no political strategy to win the ultimate war.
"And the end will be same...except for the numbers of people who will die to get there...."
, but had no political strategy to win the ultimate war.
The USA "won" the battle, but had no political strategy to win the ultimate war.
Uh, that was exactly my point. Learn to read....
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Your belief and opinion is not reality.
Get over it.
I joined the Navy to see the world, only to discover the world is 2/3 water!
The North was the foreign invaders when they invaded South Vietnam.
sharethis argument is fallacious for the simple reason the "domino" theory of other nations galling to communist rule would happen if we turned on Vietnam....
Gen Westmorland and McNamara later accepted the invasion was wrong...my dad served 2 tours so it's personal. wtf were we doing there Anyway? Preserving democracy....OK I got some waterfront property for sale in the Mohave on the cheap.
So Walter Cronkite lost the Vietnam War?
What did you do in Vietnam?
There was no support at home because, as they other guy said, it was a wholly untenable position. We get it, you think that by being critical of one's country is treasonous and that any position the USA takes is the right one; Vietnam was wrong and never winnable in a strategic sense. You confuse tactics with strategy. And you're simple. So there's that, as well.
Your clumsy statement about the Civil War exposes your profound ignorance about history, so pardon me if I place absolutely no credence in your amateur assessment of Vietnam.
That being said, I feel if JFK found a way to contain the North Viet forces that were in Laos (they committed a division's worth of troops in Laos to support their proxies during the Laos Crisis.) and cut the budding Ho Chi Minh trail AND not destabilize Diem things would have gone differently. MUCH of what happened had to do with North Vietnam being able to rest, reinforce & resupply their forces in Laos & parts of Cambodia....perhaps Kennedy could have also 'sweet talked' Prince Sihanouk into not allowing supplies to North Vietnam to be routed thru Sihanoukville port?
Why can't you wretched prey creatures understand that the Universe doesn't owe you anything!?
The Republic of Vietnam was an ally-Like The Republic of Korea & The Republic of China;
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