[Az Joe]

“Victory is just around the corner.”

General Westmoreland

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- “Victory is just around the corner.” General Westmoreland

"Update from Ukraine | It will be the Final Ruzzian Attack in their History -- 1/4/2023" Denys Davydov almost a year ago.

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[BroJoeK]

Az Joe: "Victory is just around the corner.”
General Westmoreland"

In April 1967, almost a year before Tet, Westmorland assured a friendly audience that triumph in Vietnam was close at hand.
Westmorland added then, "What success the Viet Cong have achieved is not military but 'a clever contribution of psychological and political warfare both here and abroad.' "

In Westmoreland's defense, according to many, including US Gen. Petraeus, the US never lost a major battle in Vietnam.
But the war ended disgracefully for the same reason as Afghanistan, because Democrats withdrew support and allowed North Vietnamese to overrun our allies in the South.

[rxh4n1]

“Victory is just around the corner.”

General Westmoreland

We even get a body count on these threads.

[Gaffer]

I remember back during my time (68-76) that the BIG thing in Viet Nam was ‘body count.’ Body count here, body count there of the VC and and NVRs. Westmoreland viewed this as the primary indicator of success, IMO. In he end, we lost 50,000 + and to my knowledge NV never ran out of soldiers - or the will.

My takeaway from all this? Counting dead and tank, artillery, trucks, ships, etc. hulks. IT seems to me something is always showing up to replace them and the attrition of UKR forces is what will finally decide this.