The US Won the Vietnam War

My ArgumentsI. Paris Peace AccordsThe US war in Vietnam ended in 1973 with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. The accords gave the United States what it wanted. Since the US met all of its objectives there was no need to continue the Vietnam War. Why should we continue fighting a war that we already won? [1]Read this:"The reunification of Viet-Nam shall be carried out step by step through peaceful means on the basis of discussions and agreements between North and South Viet-Nam, without coercion or annexation by either party, and without foreign interference." [2]The accords gave the United States the victory. The treaty also showed that now the United States had no need to interfere with Vietnam again. In 1975, North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam again, but South Vietnam was no longer an ally of the United States. South Vietnam was practically fighting a second war against the North Vietnamese. As explained here:"Two years later the fourth Vietnam war began with a full scale North Vietnamese invasion of the south. The United States did not become involved in this conflict which meant that the United States could not have won or lost the fourth war. The war was fought exclusively between the north and south Vietnamese governments and could only have been won or lost by them." [3]The United States fought in the third war in Vietnam. The first two wars were World War 2 and the revolution against France. This clearly proves that the United States won the war in the form of a glorious victory, it did not lose it.II. Prevented the Domino EffectBecause of the US actions in Vietnam, other Asian nations did not turn communist. This is similar to what happened in the Korean War. We did not win in Korea, but our great actions there prevented other Asian nations like Japan from falling. The same could be said for Vietnam. As explained here: "Remarkably, what was obvious to so many never happened. Today, these countries are capitalist, prosperous and, to some extent, democratic. Why? Because the United States, with enormous sacrifice, held the line for well over a decade in Vietnam, deflecting Soviet resources and allowing valuable time for these other countries to mature." [4]What we did in Vietnam stopped the flow of communism in Asia, perhaps the entire world. This is a glorious victory for the United States. Furthermore, Soviet tyranny was stopped: "In the fantasy world of the American Left, Vietnam was not worth fighting because the Cold War was only a fiction whipped up by the military— industrial complex. If only those 100 million dead souls could answer that lie. The American victory in the Cold War was dearly bought, but if the Soviet Union had not been stopped, its victims might now number ——— how many? 200 million? 300 million? An endless number, as the Soviet Empire went from victory to victory? In truth, we should have parades celebrating the sacrifice of Americans and our Vietnamese allies in the Vietnam War. It was an agonizing battle. But it was thrust upon us, and there was no other way. Don't let the Left get away with lying about it." [5]III. Bankrupted the Soviet UnionBefore, during, and after the war, Vietnam relied increasingly on Soviet economic aid. The Soviets were spending a lot of money in Vietnam. This contributed to their fall. As said here:"Following the conquest of South Vietnam in 1975, Hanoi sought to retain the equilibrium of its wartime relations with both China and the Soviet Union, but mounting tensions with Beijing, culminating in the loss of Chinese aid in 1978, compelled Hanoi to look increasingly to Moscow for economic and military assistance.Friction was particularly evident in economic relations. The Soviets resented the enormous burden of their aid program to Vietnam and felt that much of it was wasted because of Vietnamese inefficiency." [6]Because the Soviet Union put a lot of aid into Vietnam, Vietnam contributed to do the end of the Soviet Union. IV. We Never Lost a BattleHow could we lose the Vietnam War when we never lost a battle and met all of our objectives. As said here: "The American military was not defeated in Vietnam. The American military did not lose a battle of any consequence. From a military standpoint, it was almost an unprecedented performance. (Westmoreland quoting Douglas Pike, a professor at the University of California, Berkley a renowned expert on the Vietnam War) [Westmoreland] This included Tet 68, which was a major military defeat for the VC and NVA." [7] In addition, we lost some 58,000 men and over 300,000 wounded in the Vietnam War. You want to know how much the communists lost? Over 1,000,000 troops along with over 600,000 wounded. We clearly won here. [7]V. Vietnam Payed War ReparationsHow did we lose the war when Vietnam payed us war reparations. Read this: "Vietnam never received war reparations payments from the U.S. for the massive loss of life and destruction, yet an agreement reached in Paris in 1993 required Hanoi to recognize the debts of the defunct Saigon regime of General Thieu. This agreement is in many regards tantamount to obliging Vietnam to compensate Washington for the costs of war." [8]As we can see here, Vietnam payed war reparations because they knew they lost the war.ConclusionI have proven that the United States won the war because of the Paris Peace Accords, its massive contribution to preventing the spread of communism, it bankrupted the Soviet Union, prevented massive deaths by the Soviet Union, won every battle in the war, killed over a million communists in the war, and forced Vietnam to pay war reparations.Sources1. http://en.wikipedia.org...2. http://en.wikisource.org...3. 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