<story><title>Another Vietnam – Unseen images of the war from the winning side</title><url>http://mashable.com/2016/02/05/another-vietnam-photography/#TBVXB4fMGkqN</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>paganel</author><text>The only war which has been strategically won by the US after WW2 was the Cold War, and possible a tie in the Korean War. It&amp;#x27;s a f.ucking huge win, don&amp;#x27;t get me wrong, but this puts into perspective the huge US military budget which has been consumed in countless other wars with almost nothing to show for it.&lt;p&gt;And, as an anecdote, as a guy how grew up in Eastern Europe in the 1980s things like Michael Jackson&amp;#x27;s music or Coca Cola bottles had a lot more lasting effect on &amp;quot;winning&amp;quot; the Cold War for the US then the nuclear warheads from North Dakota or the Nimitz-class carriers. Too bad that know-how has not been translated into trying to &amp;quot;win&amp;quot; over the hearts and minds of the Arab people.</text></item><item><author>madaxe_again</author><text>This is sure to be confusing to many, as a majority of Americans believe the US won the war on Vietnam, or won it but were forced to declare defeat by Congress.&lt;p&gt;The VC won fair and square against the occupying and invading forces, and despite all the doom predictions of the time, they appear to still be a functioning state.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>notahacker</author><text>To be fair, whilst I can see the case for arguing that the Gulf War and other MENA victories were pretty hollow from a strategic point of view, and intervention in the Balkans was too late to prevent genocide, I can&amp;#x27;t see how US intervention in (eg) Panama or Grenada can be classed as anything other than a strategic victory. Just because US involvement was unpopular with the UN doesn&amp;#x27;t mean they didn&amp;#x27;t achieve what they wanted in the short and long term at relatively little cost.</text></comment>
<story><title>Another Vietnam – Unseen images of the war from the winning side</title><url>http://mashable.com/2016/02/05/another-vietnam-photography/#TBVXB4fMGkqN</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>paganel</author><text>The only war which has been strategically won by the US after WW2 was the Cold War, and possible a tie in the Korean War. It&amp;#x27;s a f.ucking huge win, don&amp;#x27;t get me wrong, but this puts into perspective the huge US military budget which has been consumed in countless other wars with almost nothing to show for it.&lt;p&gt;And, as an anecdote, as a guy how grew up in Eastern Europe in the 1980s things like Michael Jackson&amp;#x27;s music or Coca Cola bottles had a lot more lasting effect on &amp;quot;winning&amp;quot; the Cold War for the US then the nuclear warheads from North Dakota or the Nimitz-class carriers. Too bad that know-how has not been translated into trying to &amp;quot;win&amp;quot; over the hearts and minds of the Arab people.</text></item><item><author>madaxe_again</author><text>This is sure to be confusing to many, as a majority of Americans believe the US won the war on Vietnam, or won it but were forced to declare defeat by Congress.&lt;p&gt;The VC won fair and square against the occupying and invading forces, and despite all the doom predictions of the time, they appear to still be a functioning state.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rottyguy</author><text>How many wars have there been since ww2 for the US?</text></comment>