In this episode, we explore why america lost the vietnam war. Imagine you are Ho Chi Minh during World War II. You're leading this revolutionary group, the Viet Minh. Yeah. And you're fighting against the occupying Japanese forces in the jungles of Southeast Asia. Right. And your biggest ally, the country that is actually supplying you with weapons and training and strategic support, is the United States. Yeah. Operating through the OSS, which was basically the precursor to the CIA. Exactly. But then... you know, fast forward a couple of decades, and that exact same alliance turns into one of the most brutal, complicated, and just devastating proxy wars in human history. It really is one of the most profound geopolitical whiplashes of the 20th century. I mean, you go from a collaborative effort for national independence directly into this meat grind ...