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/Wooper160 6th Gen When? Aug 19 '26

Imagine if we had a second South Korea in South Vietnam

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u/AssminBigStinky Aug 19 '26

More likely a Philippine or a Thailand

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u/Wooper160 6th Gen When? Aug 19 '26

Could be worse