The other war that comes to mind that doesn't fit the standard model of black hat vs white hat is the Vietnam war. It was impossible to defeat the Viet Cong because they blended in with the citizenry. And so, despite superior technology and enormous wealth, America and its allies were unable to prevail in Vietnam.
And yet, today, the socialist republic of Vietnam is hardly a pariah, or a communist menace, or a backwater or a threat to anyone. It is a rapidly developing economic power in South East Asia, with a dispersed diaspora that has integrated well with diverse cultures in Europe, North America, Australia and South America.
Have you ever heard of a Vietnamese terrorist shooting up or bombing a public place in the west over the last 40 years?
What does that tell you about the paradigm of us vs them?
And yet, today, the socialist republic of Vietnam is hardly a pariah, or a communist menace, or a backwater or a threat to anyone. It is a rapidly developing economic power in South East Asia, with a dispersed diaspora that has integrated well with diverse cultures in Europe, North America, Australia and South America.
Have you ever heard of a Vietnamese terrorist shooting up or bombing a public place in the west over the last 40 years?
What does that tell you about the paradigm of us vs them?