# Vietnam

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam/110868>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 26, 2002, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam/110868 "2002-05-26T02:32:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam/110868/81 "2002-06-02T05:37:53Z")

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The war was unwinnable. The people of Vietnam didn’t have the “will” to fight against communism, fer crying out loud. Most wanted to be left alone to grow their rice and survive. And maybe even prosper.  
The U.S. would have had to control the whole freakin’ country to prevail, and _that_ would have been a fool’s game.  
We didn’t belong there. Blaming the politicians is pointless.

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**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam/110868/82 "2002-06-02T13:14:26Z")

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friend mangeorge,

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> We didn’t belong there. Blaming the politicians is pointless.

it was the politicians that decided we needed to go there. next war, why don’t the politicians from both sides fight it out and leave the people alone. maybe the parliments of india and pakistan to go somewhere and play paintball, winner takes cashmere.

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam/110868/83 "2002-06-02T15:11:02Z")

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They’re fighting over a sweater?

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**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam/110868/84 "2002-06-04T01:38:08Z")

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friend monty,

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> They’re fighting over a sweater?

apparently so, and they even spell it funny over there. imagine a sweater made of the finest kashmir ;o)

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam/110868/85 "2002-06-04T02:29:10Z")

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friend longhair,

I just realized on reading your response that your username is quite fitting for the sweater comment? Mohair, cashmere…what’s the big deal?

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