• Varyk
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    1 year ago

    In Vietnam, the stated US goal was to stop the Communist takeover of Vietnam as a means to “stop communism”, which is ludicrous and vague and didn’t work. I have to disagree with you and say the US military lost Vietnam since they did so poorly militarily and didn’t achieve what they set out to.

    In Afghanistan, they had specific goals of capturing and killing bin Laden and dismantling al Qaeda, two specific goals that were achieved while dominating the country militarily. So yes, the US “won” Afghanistan in that they achieved both of their goals and did well militarily.

    I guess you’re arguing that since communism didn’t spread out from Vietnam following US military intervention, the US “won” Vietnam, but the US military didn’t succeed in any practical sense or achieve anything tangible.