"There just ain't nothing in politics that rope can't fix." Will Rogers, circa 1922
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yup. After our military won the Vietnam war (more than once), our > politicians decided to quit and retreat. Just like Iraq. You can argue > the > reasons and justification for starting both of these wars but the final > outcomes were the result of political decisions in the US. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > > WILTON via Mercedes > > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 9:35 AM > > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Cc: WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Why the U.S. "lost" the Vietnam War? > > > > I've never said we should invade N. Vietnam. I said, "North Vietnam's > > military commander, Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap said, 'What we still don't > > understand is why you Americans stopped the bombing of Hanoi (in Dec > > '72). > > If you had pressed us a little harder, just for another day or two, we > > were ready to surrender! It was the same at the battle of TET in '68. > > You defeated us! We knew it, and we thought you knew it. But we were > > elated that your media was helping us. They were causing more > > disruption in America than we could on the battlefields. We were ready > > to surrender. You had won!'" > > I also said, "General Giap merely confirmed what many Americans already > > knew. The Vietnam War was not lost on the battlefields in Vietnam - it > > was lost at home by public opinion and given away by Congress." > > > > Wilton > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
