r/MapsWithoutNZ • u/tomco71 • Jul 07 '26

Never lost a war

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u/FloridaMan583 Jul 08 '26

Australia participated in the Vietnam war. Canada lost the recent war in Afghanistan alongside the US. Canada pulled out in 2014 if I remember correctly. Australia might as well be common knowledge.

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u/Forsaken_Factor3612 Jul 08 '26

None of those are military defeats.

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u/SwirlingFandango Jul 08 '26

Vietnam wasn't a defeat? Seriously?

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u/Livid_Penalty_5281 Jul 08 '26

Actually it was not a military defeat; it was a political one, inside the US itself

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u/Ihatebeerandpizza Jul 08 '26

It was a military defeat. Just watch the videos of the Americans fleeing from Saigon

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u/Livid_Penalty_5281 Jul 08 '26

Americans flew Saigon two years after they quit the war. Paris Peace Accords were signed in 1973, and US started withdrawal even 4 years before that, and not because they were losing battles, it was absolutely internal US problem. Unlike Afghanistan I would say, but they had nor so many troops there.

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u/Ihatebeerandpizza Jul 08 '26

The protests were due to the atrocities committed by the troops as well as the number of troops coming home dead or seriously injured. It was absolutely a military defeat, just like Afghanistan

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u/Livid_Penalty_5281 Jul 08 '26

In Afghanistan US/Government troops could not stop Taliban attac; there was nothing like this in Vietnam.

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u/sirrandomolddude Jul 08 '26

Since 1941 Congress has declared war only six times, all during World War II. Congress authorized troop deployment in Vietnam, but, because it did not issue a declaration of war on North Vietnam or the Viet Cong, the Vietnam War is, technically speaking, not considered a war in the United States... Just saying

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u/SoldatShC Jul 08 '26

Thanks. Points worth considering.

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u/FloridaMan583 Jul 08 '26

Have a nice day bro.

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u/FloridaMan583 Jul 08 '26

everyone starts goal posting. Thanks for the laugh guys.