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Re:"No inventions; no innovations" A History of US Steel by kriro on Friday December 29, 2023 @04:46PM (#38810596)
In my opinion, this is a misrepresentation of the Vietnam war. The country was not "bombed back into the stone age". The U.S. merely used extremely despicable tactics like Agent Orange, My Lai etc.

I'm also not aware of the existing Vietnamese government falling (depends on which one you consider the existing one but it was not the government the U.S. wanted to fall that fell). The country resisted a superior invader like it did in the past (China) and I'm pretty sure most people would consider Vietnam the winner of the war (if there's a winner in war).

Re:"No inventions; no innovations" A History of US Steel by mr_toad on Friday December 29, 2023 @07:13PM (#38811724)
If it was simply the case of a country resisting an invader then why did the winning side engage in a bit of ethnic cleansing of their ‘own’ people after the invaders had left?
Re:"No inventions; no innovations" A History of US Steel by Supermancho on Friday December 29, 2023 @11:57PM (#38812919)
Opportunity and perception. China didnt need to loseca war to initiate the actions against the Uyghurs.
Re:"No inventions; no innovations" A History of US Steel by refurb on Saturday December 30, 2023 @06:51AM (#38814533)
Agent Orange was used as a herbicide in the US from around WW2 up until 1978. One of the two components is still used.