To what extent is it true that we lost the vietnamese war just because a democratic congress did not supply the South with supplies like we promised we would? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

To what extent is it true that we lost the vietnamese war just because a democratic congress did not supply the South with supplies like we promised we would?

by Software_Engineer

this video by a conservative think tank would have you believe that Saigon fell just because a democratic congress did not uphold the US' promise. To what extent is this true?

Bernardito

I have written this post previously on some of the reasons as to why the South fell to the North in 1975. The fact that no support was given was just one of many reasons and can not decisively be said to be the main one.