Your ineffectiveness wasn't about military force it was about too much military force. Baloney. Pure baloney. LBJ's containment policy was pure folly.
Had this country elected Barry Goldwater in 1964, Vietnam would have likely ended much sooner with a much better outcome than the bloodbath in 1975. You want to read about one of the most vicious acts of torture, read about the acts of the Khmer Rouge in 1975.