Comments by "Keit Hammleter" (@keithammleter3824) on "The reason so many of Putin’s generals are dying in Ukraine" video.

Don't get too cocky. You lot lost the war in Vietnam, and for very similar reasons to why Russia is not doing so well in Ukraine: Incompetence of command (eg General Westmoreland - a "rock painting" complete idiot), use of poorly trained conscripts in US Army (including McNamara's Morons) Vietnamese (north and south) thoroughly fed up and just wanted the westerners of any sort out of their country, poor US equipment, America believing its own propaganda; the Vietnam War being fought for American political reasons and totally unnecessary.
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@argadargad9128 : True. When the Russians had a go at Afghanistan, the USA pumped in weapons to help the Afghans get rid of the Russians. Then when the USA had a go, Russia contributed nothing. So it could be argued that the US performed worse than did the USSR. The Afghans drove them both out, but needed no help to beat the Americans
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@stanhalen9807 : The USA lost the war alright. The Vietnamese forced them out of Vietnam. You can talk about why the US gave up, but the fact remains - they gave up. Whatever their objectives were, they failed to achieve them, We were told back then that it was to stop Vietnam going communist. Clearly that failed. You should note that the kill ratios claimed by General Westmoreland (the chap running the war) and his staff were nonsense. One of the reasons why the US Govt eventually got fed up was because Westmoreland kept telling them the war was going well and the enemy would soon run out of men - and both were clearly not true as became more and more obvious as time went on. To understand how and why the kill ratios were nonsense, read Hugh Lunn's book and others.
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@alexmidence274 : Correct. You cannot assume that because any one particular country lost a certain war, they are weak and will loose any war. Just as the USSR was critical in winning against Germany, the USA which had no hope of winning in Vietnam, absolutely smashed Japan in WW2 even before the 2 nuclear bombs. It's also true that forces fighting on their home ground against an invader are more easily motivated and fight harder.
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@skunklepew6469 : True.
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@jamessandoval5843 : You view is common among veterans, but it isn't right. Why did America get tired of it? Because they weren't getting anywhere. They fired off a lot of ammunition and dropped an awful lot of bombs, but had no effect of the Vietnamese will to fight. The Tet Offensive, when Vietnamese forces wreaked havoc right in the middle of Saigon showed clearly that the US had no control over the War, and were in fact steadily loosing. I'll give you an analogy: Two kids are fighting in the school grounds. One kid is a bit small but he fights really well and lands lots of blows. The other kid eventually get tired - he's landed blows too but he got a blood nose and lots of bruises, and he's tired. So he stops fighting and runs away. Was the fight won? Yes, definitely, by that small kid who fights with skill. Do you think any of the kids in that school believe otherwise? Not likely. In a real war, the fight isn't necessarily won by deploying armaments. If its won by propaganda or by wearing down the other side until they give up, it's still won. Whatever the US objective was, it was not achieved. They couldn't finish a war they started - they lost. I do sympathise with Vietnam veterans. I know a few myself. The were conscripted and forced to fight in a War for no good reason, and for no good result. The comparison with Ukraine is interesting and very apt. The Ukrainians are fighting really hard because they are fighting for their home ground. That's just what the Vietnamese were doing. It's also what the Afghans were doing. The US lost the war there too. There too, the US were worn down, got tired, and went home, leaving the Taliban the winners.
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