I mean if you look at the restriction on targets you might come to that conclusion. The US restricted any airstrikes on railyards, airfields, SAM sites could only be targeted if they shot first, and anything in a 30mile radius around Hanoi. These restrictions were only removed 7 years into the war, and there were still restriction on the ground war and targets there. McNamara is directly responsible for these restrictions and the 57000 American lives that could have lived if we didn’t hanper our own warfighting at every turn.
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21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 5 weeks ago
They’re still convinced they got cheated out of victory by liberals.
yeather@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yet another ‘stabbed in the back’ myth…