Even if the event is not true it reflects the Tet offensive fairly accurately. The Viet Cong got mauled during the Tet offensive yet that battle is regarded as the battle that won the war for them and got the US to basically pull out of Vietnam.
Howie --- On Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:15 PM, G scribed: --- > > yeah yeah yeah...... i keep hearing this exchange, and my bullshit > alarm > keeps going off. > > No mention of this on snopes.....wonder if it really happened. > >> Col. Harry Summers, a combat veteran of Vietnam, said to his North >> Vietnamese combat counterpart after the war: "We defeated you in >> every battle. We vanquished you on the battlefield." >> >> The North Vietnamese colonel replied, "that's true and it's also >> irrelevant." >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:169543 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
