Most Americans expected military victory to come quickly, as it did.
The war ended, not in a military victory, but a democratic one.
Even a military victory would not provide a political solution.
A military victory would give him the popularity he needed to make changes.
Some question whether the Government can score a military victory, even if that is the goal.
It was America's first great military victory and a defining moment for the nation.
There will not be the military victory that the president still believes is possible.
Even when he had achieved a military victory it did not lead to a political one.
But sometimes a major event, like a military victory or a Presidential election, can cause people to feel better off than they actually are.
He said there could be no military victory against the Vietnamese.