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To: combjelly who wrote (346880)	8/15/2007 5:58:49 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) of 1574761

True, North Vietnamese regular army forces and the Viet Cong guerrillas attacked Saigon and most provincial capitals, briefly overrunning some. But except in the old imperial city of Hue, these communist occupations were principally measured in hours. When Tet was over, Hanoi had gained exactly zero territory and lost thousands of troops. The North Vietnamese Army suffered severe losses. The Viet Cong were never again a significant factor in the war. It was one of the most lopsided military defeats in history - for the communists, that is. But U.S. news stories harped on earlier expectations of light at the end of the tunnel. Those expectations may indeed have been too rosy, especially given the decision not to prosecute the war to win, as was well within our capabilities. But that doesn't alter the facts: the United States and its allies won decisively, and any honest reporting of Tet must be in that context. Victory should have been the lead to the story. But most coverage dwelled on how this was more than the communists had been expected to do, as if there were any doubt that they could temporarily grab some territory if they were willing to virtually commit suicide.

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