Reply #15: So, the geniuses in the Pentagon could've "won" the war?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

Let's see.

The U.S. Military and ARVN heavily outnumbered the VC and NVA.
They had vastly superior arms and technology.
They had complete control of the air.
They had far superior supply lines.
They had complete control of the coastlines.
According to their own bodycounts they completely destroyed the VC and NVA forces in South Vietnam...twice.

But, it was the "micromanaging politicians" that lost the war?

Right.

It was the goddam politicians that got us involved in that useless war thinking that our mighty military could easily prevail over the "yellow dwarves with switchblades" (as LBJ referred to them) because the Pentagon told them so.