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Originally Posted by AntEater
The US could kill 20.000 alledged Vietcong leaders in the Phoenix program and they still lost the war.
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Actually the Viet Cong alone, even supplied by the Soviets and Red Chinese, would not have been able to carry on the war beyond '67. Aside from their leadership losses from the Phoenix program, which were more significant than they admit (even to this day), the Tet Offensive pretty much finished them as a fighting force. It was all the North Viets show after that.