Yep...a lot of people hate to admit this...it was the PR victories that the US couldn't handle.My cousin served in Vietnam. We were winning every major battle and completed most our objectives. The thing is we could not contain [communism] in Vietnam. Plus we had shytty allies[South Vietnam]. Along with that we were not use to guerrilla warfare. With North Korea its another story. No one should ever compare to two.
They were kicking ass on the actual FIGHTING aspect.
The USA doesn't have a problem with putting nikkas in the dirt...its the tidiness that bothers people.
Its harder to do that when you've got TV and newspapers hounding you (good or bad, right or wrong)