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Originally Posted by Hottentot
I've read that a few times now, but still just see it the other way. As I see it, the question specifically is if the Viet Cong won the war or not. That is, would the NVA have won without the VC anyway. It would be different if August had started by claiming the North Vietnamese didn't win in the first place, but he says no such thing.
To first say "The Viet Cong [as in political guerilla force like the AQ] won the war" is quite different from saying: "The North Vietnamese [as in including also NVA, a traditional army armed with the traditional army stuff and fighting like a traditional army] won the war".
But maybe I'll stop here trying to interprete them too much and let them continue. I feel like the Devil reading the Bible here.  |
Thanks Hottentot. You pretty much spell out my position on the subject.