Worst war for USA?

[Gene C]

Bill, I would not consider the American Revolution one of the "worst".
That would be because: we won, we met a clear objective, in terms of live's lost it was comparatively low, and looking back we can measure the worthiness of it's purpose.

In reflection on Vietnam, we had the resources to win, our politicians did want to commit those resources to win. (and we are still arguing whether they should have or not, to this day) which makes it one of the "worst" wars.

A war is more than just success on the battlefield. You also have to win (or defeat) the minds and hearts of the people you are fighting with. That war takes at least a gereration to win.