Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
The Vietnamese could very quickly have been brought to a point where they did not have the means to resist. After which, mass, enforced migrations of population into resettlement camps ('concentration camps' as we called them in S.Africa) that separated the civilian population from any remaining resistance and took away any source of sustenance from the guerrillas would have been eminently effective.

It's perfectly possible to win as the larger state in asymmetrical warfare. You just have to be prepared to take the losses and to do some nasty sh*t.
The Americans spent the better part of 10 years trying to get to the point that they did not have the means to resist, and failed. More bombing and more men would not have changed that. As McNamara said, and I paraphrase, 'we significantly under-estimated the desire of the North Vietnamese to unite the country'.

Everything you've posted is consistent with Westmoreland's view on the war. And it was proven to be incorrect.