Without widening the war into other countries (Laos and Cambodia), and risking war with either Red China or the Soviet Union (Red China entered the Korean War), the war was un-winnable. US fighting forces pulled out in April 1973. ALL US PERSONNEL were out by April 1975.
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The US is NOT at war with Iraq. The US was at war with North Vietnam.
US military policy and civilian protests.
No, the Vietnam War ended when the last US forces evacuated from the rooftop of the US embassy by helicopter. The South Vietnamese government soon fell and North Vietnam was victorious.
They didn't. The US signed a ceasefire with North Vietnam ending their role in the conflict. Two years later the Northern forces defeated the ARVN, captured Saigon and reunited Vietnam.
Catholic versus Buddhist, Communist versus Democracy and the constants of poor versus rich, haves versus have nots, land owner versus peasant.