>>1570949 (lb)

Exactly. And just as the Vietcong, to this day, think overly much of themselves for defeating the allied forces that took them on during 1954-1975 (just visit Hanoi -- they think they are brilliant for defeating this foe that wasn't actually trying to destroy them, as you correctly point out), so too do MS-13 and their ilk really think they're hot shit, as Podesta would say.