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did the m-16 lose the vietnam war ?
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That question shows a total lack of understanding of the military, logistics, political processes, and the history of the United States. The loss of the Vietnam unpleasantness was due to several factors, none of which have anything to do with weaponry.
What we call the Vietnam War was lost because the population of the US tired of sustaining the government of South Vietnam. That government was seen in the US as corrupt and ineffective and the voters of the United States tired of supporting them with the cost of US lives.
You really need to read your history. Generally, the population of the US will support wars where they can see a direct threat to the US. By the time we withdrew from Vietnam, we had been in that country for over 10 years, no real progress had been made politically and our population tired of supporting the South Vietnamese government. President Richard Nixon made the decision that the effort was no longer politically sustainable and withdrew American forces.
It was politics, pure and simple. It had nothing to do with weapons, or tactics, or hardware. US soldiers, sailors, Marines whipped the enemy every time they came out to fight.
What we call the Vietnam War was lost because the population of the US tired of sustaining the government of South Vietnam. That government was seen in the US as corrupt and ineffective and the voters of the United States tired of supporting them with the cost of US lives.
You really need to read your history. Generally, the population of the US will support wars where they can see a direct threat to the US. By the time we withdrew from Vietnam, we had been in that country for over 10 years, no real progress had been made politically and our population tired of supporting the South Vietnamese government. President Richard Nixon made the decision that the effort was no longer politically sustainable and withdrew American forces.
It was politics, pure and simple. It had nothing to do with weapons, or tactics, or hardware. US soldiers, sailors, Marines whipped the enemy every time they came out to fight.
AirForceShooter
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The US Congress lost that war.
Plain and simple.
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Plain and simple.
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In a simplistic view, of which there are many...we bombed them until they capitulated at the Paris Peace accords. We worked out a financial piece for piece replacement program with S Vietnam to resupply all hardware as needed, and then the congress of Joe Biden and Ted Kennedy defunded the whole mess after Nixon was kicked out of office. So South Vietnam fell.
Thieu's infamous dressing down of America's policy in his last radio address.
No doubt lot of versions of that historical reality but that's the condensed Sunday morning version from the cheap seats.
Thieu's infamous dressing down of America's policy in his last radio address.
"At the time of the peace agreement the United States agreed to replace equipment on a one-by-one basis. But the United States did not keep its word. Is an American's word reliable these days? The United States did not keep its promise to help us fight for freedom and it was in the same fight that the United States lost 50,000 of its young men."
No doubt lot of versions of that historical reality but that's the condensed Sunday morning version from the cheap seats.
Shane Tuttle
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Paw Paw and Chris has provided answers that basically prove the M16 didn't cause us to withdraw from the war.
My father lost two friends due to malfunctions of M16s, but it isn't connected to the "loss" of the war.
I'm closing this thread for the mere fact little evidence supports your quiery. Nobody has done anything wrong, mind you. Earnest question I believe. It just won't end up staying on the topic of firearms in general, I'm afraid.
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My father lost two friends due to malfunctions of M16s, but it isn't connected to the "loss" of the war.
I'm closing this thread for the mere fact little evidence supports your quiery. Nobody has done anything wrong, mind you. Earnest question I believe. It just won't end up staying on the topic of firearms in general, I'm afraid.
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