Well, I wasn’t around back then, but “we” whupped the Brits. Twice.
Right, in Nam, we didn’t use our whole arsenal… the Congress Critters at the time, along with the M-I Complex that Ike warned us all about made sure to keep it running as long as they could, without actually finishing the job, in order to reap huge amounts of money for both. Then, of course you got your MEDIA whining about bombings, villages being burned down because they helped the VC…they also assisted in the losing.
Turn the lights out in NYC and in one night you descend into chaos, looting, rape, and murder.