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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (71897)7/10/2006 12:05:39 PM
From: tonto  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 173976
 
"In his 1985 memoir about the war, Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap wrote that if it weren't for organizations like Kerry's Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Hanoi would have surrendered to the U.S"



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (71897)7/10/2006 12:12:31 PM
From: tonto  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 173976
 
On April 30, Giap recalled a meeting in 1997 with Robert McNamara, the former defense secretary who led the U.S. into war.

“I told McNamara ... the U.S. lost in Vietnam because the U.S. did not understand Vietnam,” Giap said, adding thanks for the antiwar movement. “During the Vietnam War, the American people supported Vietnam. I thank the American people for that.”