How much time did you spend in the jungle Sam? Tim
> -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 11:49 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: speaking of > > > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162694 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
