• bamboo@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    In US schools they teach it as the US just withdrawaling due to cost and domestic pressure because teaching it as a loss would really tarnish the whole “we never lose wars, USA #1!” narrative.

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      1 year ago

      Can confirm this. My teacher started sweating when I asked if that means Vietnam won. Didn’t get an answer just a subject change and the redneck kids in class eyeballing me funny. Sorry fuckos your daddies raged quit the field. That’s a loss. Git gud scrub 😂

    • mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      Technically the domestic/international pressure is the actual reason for the loss. The US had the capability to rule the ashes, but domestic and international pressure caused the withdrawal.