WI Vietnam War was fought like Afghanistan?

Keenir

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In other words, the anti-Communist forces do in Vietnam what (in OTL) we later did in Afghanistan: bleed the Soviets dry and nearly bankrupt them in the process.

Could we have done that in Vietnam? or would we need a different General in the field, or a different President in office?




(I imagine the good news would be that we wouldn't have Bin Laden and the Taliban...but the bad news is that we might have a Buddhist or Maoist terrorist group instead)
 
What? You mean keep US forces out while supplying the South until the North loses enough guys and the Soviets have to help, eventually bleeding out? Not sure it could work. For one, the North was too strong to have to call for Russian assistance, and two, I doubt the USSR though Vietnam was important enough to invest as much as they did in Afghanistan. Afghanistan borders them, not to mention they were paranoid of an American-backed Iran.
 
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