… I remember those bombing campaigns, and I remember night after night after night being told how successful the bombing campaigns had been. Didn't actually succeed. Well, but let's be clear. In Vietnam, we put troops on the ground. We left them there for years. You had politicians halfway backing them, halfway not backing them. Vietnam, that. That is not how to wage a war. And it's not what President Trump is doing. I. (08:37–08:41)
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Asserts that the U.S. had a prolonged ground troop presence in Vietnam.
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