Did the British Empire during the Revolutinary War have more advantages than the United States during the Vietnam War?

Great
question.  These were very similar situations and I always compare them when I teach about
Vietnam.  I would argue that the British had a few more advantages than the US had.

First, I would argue that the British had the advantage of not being as democratic as
the US would be and in not being a democracy with television.  The televised nature of the
Vietnam War was a major reason for the decline in American public...