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Wars are rarely regulated like the Olympics or the Golden Gloves and as a result a contest between an unranked lightweight and heavyweight crown contender do happen. The Mexican American War was one such event. Critics contend that a bully (the US) was picking on a wimp half its size (Mexico). Perhaps and probably this is the accurate portrayal of the event.

Warfare does not play by the rules, because there are no rules. Tiny Vietnam expelled both the French and the Americans. Not because their cause was better, or their people were better, or that their tactics were better. Their commitment was stronger and their will was stronger. France found that the cost of maintaining an Empire was out of their reach. Americans determined that the will of the citizens outweighed the loss of International Image. France and the United States could each have won their war in Vietnam, but they lacked the will and the commitment.

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