1. Skallagrim

    If there's no Vietnam War, could there be some future war that would become a Vietnam equivalent for the US? If so, where?

    Quick answer, because work this week doesn't really allow for online-time: It's not invading and overthrowing the government that's the problem. It's occupying the country. If you don't, they re-install a bunch of leaders that you hate (and who hate you) before your planes leave their...
  2. Skallagrim

    If there's no Vietnam War, could there be some future war that would become a Vietnam equivalent for the US? If so, where?

    I think Nicaragua should be easier to handle, as Wolfbear has noted. Lebanon will be militarily easier, but will be a mess in the long term. The options you have discounted seem likewise improbable to me. Nicaragua would just be a text-book case of "invade, depose [their evil bastard], install...
  3. Skallagrim

    If there's no Vietnam War, could there be some future war that would become a Vietnam equivalent for the US? If so, where?

    Historical precedent and allohistorical irony both dictate that it must be Afghanistan. :p
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