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I'm watching a docuseries on the war in Vietnam right now (I'm actually living in Vietnam now, they don't talk about the war much) and it is so, so complicated. Not the straightforward "why didn't the US just get out of Nam??" but it does make JFK look pretty bad. Pretty much all sides sucked. The US actually originally were going to help out the North but kind of.. forgot. It's called The Vietnam War by Ken Burns and its on Netflix, I recommend watching it. Seems pretty unbiased
Comment by Gekthegecko at 03/12/2019 at 22:10 UTC
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Ken Burns is the GOAT of documentaries.
Comment by Sam-Culper at 04/12/2019 at 00:53 UTC
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Ken Burn's Vietnam docu is right up there with his docu on the Civil War to me. They're both amazingly good
Comment by Esk8_TheDeathOfMe at 04/12/2019 at 13:01 UTC
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They didn't forget. The biggest issue was the whole guerilla warfare tactics and hiding in plain sight. Couple paranoia of every Vietnamese with troops who were forced to be there, and it's not going to be a great situation.
Comment by FlyingMacheteSponser at 04/12/2019 at 07:12 UTC
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It's a great series. Love the soundtrack by Nine Inch Nails. Makes Nixon look far worse than Trump, and believe me I'm no fan of Trump. Once you see how he got himself involved in piece negotiations with the North you might agree with me.
Comment by SBGoldenCurry at 04/12/2019 at 12:01 UTC
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The north did nothing wrong.