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[HydrogenBond]

Part of the problem with the Vietnam war was US would not allow itself to directly hit the supply lines coming into Vietnam via adjacent countries. This had to done clandestinely and therefore with marginal impact. It was like feuding with your neighbor, with him using another neighbor's yard to bring in his annoying pick flamingos. The wife says, don't mess with the second neighbor's property, since the feud is not with him. You are required to sit and wait, as you see the feuding neighbor using the neighbors yard. Only when he gets back on his own property are you allowed to take any action. So even if you have the neighbors driveway covered the pink flamingos appear. Everyone saw that and many tried to sway the policy but to no avail. America was never good at Imperialism, since they tend to shoot their own foot.