Who REALLY won the Vietnam War
 

So many of you have emailed me to ax where i been i thought I'd show you--I was very high in the air for quite some time.
there was some dispute here when I left about people saying oher people had lost the the Vietnam War. I hope this picture ends any further doubt about who won it!

James

Happy just to be alive

James
 

We won. and who took the picture.

Re: James
 

the ol B&C, AKA Sue--you 'member her. She went to the Philppines with her best friend ( a filpino/Am)while i was in italy.
this was taken in tahoe

self in another life
 

here's how I used to look--its been a long hard crawl up to the middle.

Who won
 

The US didn't win. I'd suggest we didn't loose, we just left, however we didn't win.
North Vietnam achieved their goals but at what a price. More than a million from the north were killed and both North and South were wrecked. Then they went on to remain an oppressed nation which is extremely poor. A draconian government so bad they had those Boat People leaving in droves. If a nation is a gathering of peoples, they sure didn't win.
During the war a lot of contracts were given by the US to Japan. Their economy shot up, causing them to be a huge economic world power, for a few decades. Perhaps Japan won that war. Keeping in mind that war is but one of many diplomatic options.

James, I am Very disappointed in you. Expected you'd be holding on to something a lot more sultry than a book while in a hot tub. By the way, I read that book too.

Stay healthy,
Andy

i would liketo know the name off that book so i can read it to know more about what my father and all of u went through.
if i have now right to pot at this forum please let me know and i wont anymore

The book
 

The books title is:
The Complete Idiot's Guide To The Vietnam War.
(Don't see as well as I once did but they used to pay me to notice things like that.)
In my eyes, chapter 18 says it all. It's titled: Question Authority.
Post away my young friend.

Stay healthy,
Andy

thank you andy for the reply and thank all of you and welcome home

Son of
 

What Andy said. You have EVERY right to post here . Welcome to the neighborhood.

thank you DMZ-LT and welcome hometo you and all my new friends