> the same thing happened to the usa when we fought the vietnamese very common perception. the fact is nixon bombed the north back into the stone age. they begged for a truce.  truce was signed in 1973, and we left - we the provision in the peace accords that we replace any military equipment to the south 1 for 1, and the bombers would come back. in 1975, when the north made their move, president ford authorized the bombers to go back, but the democrats controlling congress (dem majority) denied funding which allowed the north to steam-roll over the south.
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