• CicadaSpectre@lemmygrad.ml
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    11 months ago

    In the US, there’s a pretty sizable percentage who refuse to admit we lost Vietnam. I don’t know any dumb enough to say we won it, but I feel the mentality is similar: “I didn’t lose the fight; I just felt bored after getting my nose smashed in and losing most of my blood.”

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      11 months ago

      Vietnam is just the US’ version of the “stabbed in the back” myth. WE WOULD’VE WON IF IT WEREN’T FOR THE DAMN HIPPIES!