PBS - The Vietnam War

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Originally Posted by Bailey Guns

There's no way democrats were gonna let us win that war. Too much political capital to be made. Seeing the results of the war and they way the left and democrats behaved during this time is why I despise the left. That's not to say the cluster fuck that was Viet Nam was solely the fault of democrats...but they bear most of the responsibility.

It's a pretty good series on the war...for some of the footage if nothing else.

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If only more people truly understood who and what the Dims are and how much they have always hated America.

Right now, all this racial strike, just because pantsuit lost an election... Makes me sick.

I am finding the history very interesting.
When I was living the 60's and the Vietnam War, there was no perspective that a look-back 52 years later can give.
If I could have seen what is being shown now as the reasoning and view of that time, I would have had a whole different thought.
But then, being 52 years older and having seen more of the human errors being made, I have a different view anyway.

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Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy

Did they mention the nuclear weapons we used in the war? They were firing nuclear tipped missiles into space to knock out Russian reconnaissance satellites. It was called Program 437. I am betting the results of these operations will never be declassified.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_437

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Originally Posted by BladesNBarrels

But then, being 52 years older and having seen more of the human errors being made, I have a different view anyway.

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Wisdom is earned, not given.

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Originally Posted by BladesNBarrels

When I was living the 60's and the Vietnam War, there was no perspective that a look-back 52 years later can give.

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One man's "perspective" is another man's "revision" :p

This offers an interesting perspective: https://www.peakingat70.com/lets-tal...alse-narrative

Read and discuss amongst yourselves [emoji850]

Here is an interview with Ken Burns about this series.

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/21/552575...contradictions

The war was before my time.

History is (typically) written by the winners. It's never free of bias. Gathering a lot of information from different sources can help triangulate on some form of truth.

Another data point is McNamara's video "The Fog of War".

If a fellow don't have air/cable TV... is there still a way to check this out?

There are some Vietnamese versions on YT. The downside is if you aren't a Vietnamese speaker all the Viet speakers have no captions, and the English speakers have Vietnamese captions.

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