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Originally Posted by Ray
Shek,
It was rather extraordinary that NV could do so, given that the SV were better equipped and trained (at least that is what is the general impression).
If NV and PRC was to move in and make the "liberation" of the south a fait accompli before the US could move in and stabilize the situation in the south, what prevented the US to beating the clock? The US did have resources to do so or didn't they?
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Sir,
The North Vietnamese didn't think that the US would intervene and make the commitment that it did. I believe that the thinking on NVN's part was that they could provide some insurance to that end by making intervention irrelevant if there is nothing to intervene for. As history demonstrated, it was a miscalculation.