So, if we had "won" in Vietnam, what exactly would we have gotten to know that we accomplished something?
From what I can see, Vietnam is making a lot of progress, they are a major sub-contractor for China, they're poor but improving and the think Americans are terrific (I can't get it but I'm sure there is a reasona obscura). So, if we had just never set foot in there knowing how bad the French got their asses kicked, and let it be Vietnam. How does their "capitalist communism" hurt us?
Nixon gets credit for opening up China to normalization and that alone is a great credit. Obama gets credit for Gay Rights, and that might not be as dramatically important, it's still a huge leap forward.
All Presidents do good and bad. Obama is an annoying disappointment to me. He;s a poor manager. He doesn't keep an eye on his appointees, which is why there are so many "scandals". You may think I'm full of crap, but if I were in charge at BATFE, there would never be a "Fast & Furious" or Benghazis. These are from piss-poor management (that seem to be political rewards) and it hurts him over and over. He never stops politicking and he's totally gotten on my nerves.
Don't worry, I have plenty of criticisms of his predecessors, just staying on topic sort of.