Why did this [Vietnam] war, so hard, so long, so ferocious, vanish from one day to the next as if by magic? Why did this American defeat (the largest reversal in the history of the USA) have no internal repercussions in America? If it had really signified the failure of the planetary strategy of the United States, it would necessarily have completely disrupted its internal balance and the American political system. Jean Baudrillard
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“Why did this [Vietnam] war, so hard, so long, so ferocious, vanish from one day to the next as if by magic?The explanation is that war is, for us humans, part of nature, not foreign to it. For us, war is like the weather. War appears every year or two and disappears just as frequently. If it is really a defeat (the largest reversal in the history of the USA), it would necessarily have completely disrupted its internal balance and the American political system.This can be seen clearly in Vietnam itself.

The defeat was not apparent at all to the world. To the contrary, it was an enormous success. -Vietnam” (Nguyen Thi Binh).

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