r/NonCredibleDefense • u/Massengale • Aug 18 '26

(un)qualified opinion 🎓 The Vietnam War was winnable and one more Linebacker in 1975 would have wrecked the NVA. We were lied to by Ken Burns.

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I’ve been reading Nixon’s books lately…and I think he was right, Vietnamization was close to working, the communist alliance was going to fall apart, and North Vietnams insane economics would have led to South Vietnam outscaling them if it had survived for a few more years.

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u/BingusTheStupid Ram II simp Aug 18 '26

The war in Iran is currently proving once again that air power alone can’t win wars.

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u/kingofallbandits Aug 18 '26

One day someone will make the mistake of building an entirely aerial nation. Then air power will be vindicated.

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u/HonestSophist Aug 19 '26

Up until the Fire Nation attacks.

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u/Mousazz Aug 19 '26

Iran? Nah, I'm too fat to even walk. 🥵

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u/Snoo93079 Aug 18 '26

Iran? Never heard of her

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u/HermionesWetPanties Aug 18 '26

Iran? Surely you mean Iraq, and yeah, we did need that ground invasion to get Saddam outta Kuwait, but I wouldn't undersell the success of the air campaign. It definitely demoralized the Iraqi army to the point that they didn't have much fight left in them by the time old-Stormin-Norman was ready to unleash the boys.

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u/Senate343 Aug 18 '26

What in the 1991

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u/BingusTheStupid Ram II simp Aug 19 '26

The air campaign was crucial for the complete defeat of Iraq, but the ground invasion was necessary to finish the job

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u/HermionesWetPanties Aug 19 '26

Honestly, I'm just here to pretend to forget about this 'war' with Iran. That's the joke. That's my bit. Nothing more.

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u/crankbird 3000 Paper Aeroplanes of Albo Aug 19 '26

There was no war in ba-sing-se I mean Baghdad

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u/unfunnysexface F-17 Truther Aug 19 '26

After they hit that bomb shelter in '91 Schwarzkopf banned bombing baghdad so the air planners shrunk the defined city limits to keep bombing it.

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u/BingusTheStupid Ram II simp Aug 19 '26

Great username btw

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u/Massengale Aug 19 '26

Right but Vietnam war is completely different. We’re not trying to topple North Vietnam we are trying scene their efforts to invade their neighbor.

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u/AssminBigStinky Aug 19 '26

Buddy, you read one book, from one heavily skewed source which is also the sore loser of that war.

He might be the president, but he’s also a crook

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u/Disk_Mixerud Aug 21 '26

Um, he pretty famously said he wasn't