Spike Jones wrote:
> Michael S. Lorrey wrote:
It depends on what you call winning. In our own Revolutionary War, we lost every
major battle save two: Bennington and the last one, if you only go by such bean
counting concepts like 'body counts', and even by older standards which counted
who occupied the land afterward. Battles which we technically call victories in
Vietnam, like LZ X-Ray, where we imposed five times more casualties
>
> > ...Now, considering that a small nation like Vietnam was able to defeat the
> > army of a much larger and more technologically advanced nation like ours
> > indicates that guerrilla movements can be highly successful...
>
> the phrase "defeat the army" doesnt work. the u.s. army defeated the viet
> cong army in their every encounter. the guerrillas certainly
> caused headaches for the u.s. armies, but defeated the army? no,
> the u.s. armies were called home, even tho they "won" every battle. spike
I don't think I even need to mention the Vietnamese's earlier experience at Dien Bien Phu, do I?
Mike Lorrey