Northfolk Al, why belittle the Vietnamese's struggle? They forced the U.S. government to decide to quit the war. David beat Goliath, and a lot of Davids around the world took inspiration from their accomplishment, and rightly so.

I certainly agree that the U.S. was later (much later) able, by other means, to impose its business goals on Vietnam. But they had to go another way, longer and slower and less immediately profitable. The war did not succeed. The postwar policies did.