No. The U.S. failed to achieve its core goal of preventing a communist takeover of Vietnam, so it’s widely remembered as a defeat, not a victory.
Right, and the human cost plus the domestic fallout (protests, eroded trust in government) made it feel like a loss on multiple fronts, not just the battlefield.
No. I agree, yet another angle: defeat can temper a state, forcing wiser imperial restraint, as Rome learned and America might too.
No. I judge by justice and courage, not a wins-and-losses tally. The lesson ain't victory; it's people choosing what's right, even when the score says defeat.
