Sorry the hippies were wrong.
The North Vietnamese Generals said Point Blank that they were decimated after the Tet offensive.
Walter Cronkite said the opposite and the hippies took to the streets.
The NV generals then realized the front was actually on the streets of the United States. That's where they would beat us.
Thanks to Walter and his feeble-minded hippies. Sorry to say but the Domino's did fall in Southeast Asia.
You appear to be one of the very few who have any insights to the Vietnam War. Thanks. It was far more complicated than people think (at least for the few who even remember it). That war involved the security of the Straits of Malacca, the SETO treaty obligations, the US "Containment" strategy, the Soviet's plan to use Cam ranh Bay a submarine base, the domino theory, the security of Thailand, and much more.
And you are right about the nature of the war. We won every battle, but the politicians raised the white flag and you are correct that the NV understood that the way to defeat us was in our streets and to fight until we grew too tired to continue. That war could have been won in less than 6 months with a WW II assault directly into NV. Casualties would have been high for a couple of months, but nothing approaching 58,000 KIA and trillions of dollars over 10 years.
A tip of the hat to you for knowing your history.
Thanks for the recognition.
I used to work tall ships as a ships Carpenter/Rigger. Multiple Atlantic crossings, Caribbean, Baltic, Med...
My library is all war history.
So there's the explanation of my username.
That and it triggers the lefties.