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I think this is actually an interesting point because the US did lose the war but if the winner writes history, then why do so many think they won? You have to

• mc32 6y ago
  From the PoV of domino theory, one supposes we did ultimately win with the fall of the USSR and thus the COMINT ceased to be a mortal threat to western socio-economic values.
  • hnick 6y ago
    Yes indeed. Dominoes and Matryoshka dolls - the smaller wars within the overarching cold war, which the US did win, despite losing some of the smaller but deadlier wars.
    • loopz 6y ago
      USSR lost to itself and its mortal corruption culminating in Chernobyl. US lost the moral war in VN, but learned to play to its strengths after that, to later outplay USSR as a whole.
• el_dev_hell 6y ago
  > I think this is actually an interesting point because the US did lose the war but if the winner writes history, then why do so many think they won? How common is that belief on a whole? In Vietnam or China, it's common knowledge (and celebrated) that Vietnam won the war. In the US, I can't imagine talking to someone over 40 that's unaware of how the war ended.
  • marcodiego 6y ago
    In US culturally influenced zones, like Brazil, most people think Vietnam lost the war. Most people I've talked to about it were surprised when I told them how the war ended.
  • lovemenot 6y ago
    >> In Vietnam or China, it's common knowledge (and celebrated) that Vietnam won the war. China celebrates Vietnam winning that war? Perhaps, but it'd be pretty surprising. Vietnam won it in spite of China. (The Soviet Union was a huge help though). Happy New Year to both Vietnamese and Chinese peoples.
• icefrakker 6y ago
  LOL who is saying Vietnam is doing well? They are nothing more than a slave client state of China.