You're right that people remember the opposition to the war. But that's exactly why they don't accept that the war is lost. In American's minds, the war was op

You're right that people remember the opposition to the war. But that's exactly why they don't accept that the war is lost. In American's minds, the war was opposed, and they think that was the reason why it ended. When in fact it was just the opposite. Vietnam won that war of invasion fair and square, with the sacrifice of millions of Vietnamese for their country. Because of that, the American people was unwilling to send more of their children to be killed in Vietnam. The result of the protests is that the government created the illusion that they were retreating because people didn't want to continue the war, not because they lost.