The Viet Cong essentially ceased to be a viable fighting force after Tet. That is why there were so many north Vietnamese regulars after that point.
Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:21 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: It's Official! Iraq Strategy Failed > > > 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." > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:169617 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
