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Topic	If America really powerful country. why it lost to Vietnam?
PrettyBoyFloyd 09/04/18 7:50:37 PM #48:	the US couldn't actually attack the NVA directly with ground troops, only bombing. we had our hands tied by our relationship with china and the USSR, essentially there was a risk of fighting the korean war all over again, and that had to be avoided. Yea we couldn't have gotten too rowdy or aggressive without pissing our other rivals off. Just proxy war nonsense. Still I wonder if China or the Soviet Union would have risked their own destruction if they have had gotten too involved or if they would just let it go. --- The Evil Republicans - Est.2004 - WoT [Government Destabilizing Branch] <cite>PrettyBoyFloyd posted [p:908118822] in If America... [t:76965532]...</cite> <quote><quote>the US couldn't actually attack the NVA directly with ground troops, only bombing. we had our hands tied by our relationship with china and the USSR, essentially there was a risk of fighting the korean war all over again, and that had to be avoided.</quote> Yea we couldn't have gotten too rowdy or aggressive without pissing our other rivals off. Just proxy war nonsense. Still I wonder if China or the Soviet Union would have risked their own destruction if they have had gotten too involved or if they would just let it go. --- The Evil Republicans - Est.2004 - WoT [Government Destabilizing Branch]</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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