How US Could Have Won Vietnam

The Vietnam war is a dark spot in the United States history, with many lives lost and nothing really gained. Check out today's new video that breaks down the mistakes the US made in handling this war, and how they could have easily come out victorious if they made some different decisions that could have completely altered the outcome of this battle.

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[justsomeguywithlonghair]

There are so many “What if’s” in the Vietnam war

[xylsky]

How about an episode called "what if US never fought in Vietnam"

[generic]

My grandpa was in the Vietnam war fighting for the south. He was working as a Vietnamese “marine” as almost all of the missions he went was almost 100% death rate. When my grandpa’s dad tried to pay for his exemption from the army because my grandpa always write back that he was scared to die and didn’t want to fight anymore. They paid tons of money for his exemption but they still won’t let him go asking for more money. Showing how corrupt the south government is. When they paid again my grandpa’s own friend shot off my grandpa’s right pointer finger then saying something along the lines of “You are a coward and now without a finger you cannot pull the trigger” but now hes alive then he had my dad and my dad had me. But my dad has a large hatred for the US Army and how much suffering and war crimes they committed. Even though im in JROTC and not the army he hates the uniform and thinks of it as a symbol of death. I respect his opinion and the story fully shows why.

[tonybarnett]

I have often said that with regards to Vietnam, the US completely forgot it's own history. 188 years prior to entering to Vietnam the 13 colonies were the ones going against a major colonial power that fought with guerrilla tactics on it's own ground.

In 1945, Lord Louis Mountbatten the Supreme Allied Commander for the Southeast Asia area urged the French government to allow the Vietnamese to governed themselves. They didn't listen.

Can you imagine what that area of the world would look like if a unified Vietnam and a unified Korea were constitutional republics? It seems that the US government routinely has this habit of backing bad people simply because they are not communists out of fear. Any decision based on fear will have consequences of which you should be afraid.

I think your presentation was spot on. Well done.

[jaein]

France basically blackmailed USA into supporting it during the French-Indo China War. France basically stated that instead of joining NATO, it would consider either staying independent or side with Russia. Not a serious threat in hindsight, but at the time, enough to bring the USA into France’s side of the war.

[tggstuff]

As a vietnamese, This is not very surprising to me, yet somewhat surprising. Vietnam is a very resilient country, they fought off so many forces, you’d an search up Vietnamese history and it will be explained.

[ives]

“I think we have all underestimated the seriousness of this situation. Like giving cobalt treatment to a terminal cancer case. I think a long protracted war will disclose our weakness, not our strength.”—Deputy Secretary of State George W. Ball answering President Lyndon Johnson’s question at a White House meeting on July 21, 1965 about whether the United States could win a war in the “jungle rice-paddies” of Vietnam.

[shadowsab]

I agree that the US has a bad habit of not giving itself permission to just win. We fail to press advantage, and so we make huge openings that loose us the long game

[archdukecharlesvofaustria]

"You win every fight you avoid."
- Sun Tzu

[rkmugen]

I can't remember which late 90's PC game it was, but I vaguely remember the difficulty settings listed as something like:
1. Easy
2. Normal
3. Challenging
4. Difficult
5. Vietnam

[kazandraasaha]

So many “nuke” comments in this video make me worry :/ what’s wrong with people? The US shouldn’t have waged war in the first place :/

[ives]

“I am not going to lose Vietnam. I am not going to be the president who saw Southeast Asia go the way China went.” —Newly inaugurated President Lyndon Johnson at a White House meeting on November 24, 1963 responding to U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. telling him that Vietnam “would go under any day if we don’t do something.”

[Korrupted_dust]

I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees.

The trees are speaking Vietnamese…

[Parkersneighboursneighbour]

as a Vietnamese this is a very well made video. It covers all the points that the majority of ppl tends to overlooked. Vietnam was "forced" to becomes Communist. We were just trying to reunite our country and begging for help. Anyone who provided helps would be "friend" for the time.

[brodiebh]

I remember that part from the book Chesty where Chesty Puller in his golden years wrote a letter while retired to the armed forces about how he'd win the war singlehandedly by leading one batallion of us marines armed with nothing but BAR's (in his opinion the best rifle ever made).

[drcardlector]

In Basic training, we learned all of this. And that we could have ended the war at any point. Our airforce alone had the capability to end the war by itself but we wouldn't target certain bridges or buildings.

[bihazard]

Being a active duty military service member I can sure safe that from 2:05 to 2:26 is the truth for most *IF NOT ALL* of our armed conflicts…

[DCMarvelMultiverse]

Do not forget America has a knack for INTENTIONAL blunders for purposes of profit.

[rightwoke]

This is the best video I have seen to summarize this. And it's among the very best videos this channel has produced.

[henrycao]

Limited war might’ve been a flawed strategy, but expanding the conflict would’ve been far worse. Bombing China directly during the Korea War would’ve made it nearly impossible for the U.S. to establish diplomatic relations later on. Regarding the Vietnam War, China was actively involved, sending aid and soldiers to North Vietnam. China had a vested interest in Vietnam, and would’ve expanded operations if the U.S. escalated the conflict.