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Originally posted by theking
Yes...with the qualifier that "won" means the defeat of the NVA and the fall of the Hanoi government. It could have been won in a single day with the use of nukes. It could have been won with in 30 days by 24/7 conventional bombing of the North (11 days of 24/7 bombing ordered by President Nixon brought the peace agreements about). It could have been won within 90 days by a ground invasion of the North.
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Hi...
Just thought you'd like to know they flew over 580,000 (five hundred and eighty THOUSAND) bombing missions over Laos.
Damn!If only we could have have done
just a few more. We were soooo fucking close.
Let's see... how much does a bomb cost? How many were there again? Who profited (and who went into debt) over the 'war' ?
There were definitely winners in that war... and it wasn't anyone in Vietnam and it wasn't the American public who footed the bill.