The US dropped more bombs in Vietnam than any war ever and since. The us didn't p*ssy foot aroubd with literal kill zones enforced where anyone and everyone was shot on sight no questions asked including thousands of civilians.Had the USA enforced the Paris Accords
The USA p*ssy-footed with Vietnam and let reporters shape the narrative. Its no wonder why US media is always pro-military since then. The government was not about to let another Vietnam shape public opinion.
The government lied endlessly not for any arguable real reason like the supposed containment of communism but because, and the pentagon papers prove this, simply because no president wanted to lose an election. The press in this case were god sends for the American public.
Militarily as I said, the most success the west had was during operation linebacker. Not after Tet. They were still getting their shyt pushed in after Tet. Despite that, before the US sniffed Vietnam, the French had their hands full dealing with an insurgent Vietnamese population. They dealt with that for decades before the US came in and took over and the French pulled out for the same reason we did which was the public and France realized it was an unwinnable quagmire and we're losing too many soliders.
What makes you think that the US would have more success and "subdue" the Vietnamese? They would have the same problem, because the Vietnamese just wanted to be left the fukk alone.
