Davis Hanson from the September 2003 American Legion Magazine: Gen. Giap, in a series of postbellum interviews, confessed that the North Vietnamese were ready to cease aggression under the weight of the 1972 and 1973 bombing campaigns. He then directly associated the reprieve with the welcome efforts of the radical antiwar movement. Indeed he told French television that his most important guerrilla ally during the war was the American press. The Vietnam News Agency as early as 1966 wrote "We praise the American peace champions. The movement of the American people to protest the war of aggression has really become the second front against the U.S. imperialists." Another communist official, Bui Tinh, claimed that Fonda's Hanoi visits, press releases and much publicized photo-ops in enemy batteries had helped the communists "to hold on in the face of battlefield reverses."
On 6/30/05, William Bowen wrote: > Couldn't have been a flawed strategy (Overwhelming force without > taking into consideration the tenacity of your enemy)? > > Wrong type of army fielded (A primarilty conscript army fighting what > essentially amounts to an insurgency a highly mobile guerilla force)? > > Couldn't have been restrictions on interdiction and other measures > that hamstrung our troops but were still perfectly acceptable under > the rules of war? > > Lt John Kerry (who actually went to the fight, remember?) was > instrumental in losing the fight? > > Whatever... > > > > Hell Yes! > > -- > will ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162652 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
