Johnson was the coach that was intentionally throwing the game. The war could have been won in short order. Nixon settled for peace when he should have used the momentum to crush them. The democrats voted not to defend the South if the North broke the peace treaty. Which they did in short order. The democrats got their desired loss. But it backfired on the democrats because the military said that we are never going to let it get close again and we went on a technology and training warpath.