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Re:The Vietnam War Was Already Lost, but I Had to Go Anyway by mc32 on Monday July 15, 2019 @10:18AM (#20441028)
I suggest you talk to members of the first generation of the Vietnamese diaspora living in the US and see what they think about the war.

No war however done is good to have. Some wars are necessary and come with great loss. It’s unavoidable. There were many mistakes in Vietnam-the whole war, but it wasn’t pointless. The middle eastern wars we went into are pointless. Those are local conflicts and we should let them settle their own scores.

The Vietnam war was more than about Vietnam. Kennedy knew that.

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Re:The Vietnam War Was Already Lost, but I Had to Go Anyway by ahelwer on Monday July 15, 2019 @10:27AM (#20441117)
Thankfully I live in Seattle, so there are quite a few Vietnamese people. Generally once you get to know them they'll open up about how the war was (to repeat) a disgrace waged for no valid reasons, accomplishing nothing except ending the lives of millions of Vietnamese people.

Of course, if some random American comes up to them demanding their thoughts on the Vietnam war they might have a different answer.

You should consider re-examining your belief in domino theory.

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Re:The Vietnam War Was Already Lost, but I Had to Go Anyway by ioufjiosufisd on Monday July 15, 2019 @11:01AM (#20441437)
The largest Vietnamese communities in America (i.e. in Southern and Northen California) still universally fly the South Vietnam flag. You can often see this flag flown with the American flag.
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