[frog in a pot]

This defeat is worse than the Tet Offensive, the highly successful new years attack staged by the communists in Vietnam in 1968. While ultimately defeated by U.S. and Vietnamese forces, Tet was widely seen as convincing many that the war in Vietnam could not be won.

While the author's larger argument has merit, he unfortunately miscasts the Tet Offensive as a U.S. defeat. Did we suffer losses? Of course, but when that battle was over, the enemy was no longer able to field an effective combat force. It took them close to two years after we left to mount a new offensive and breach the accords.

[onedoug]

I was always waiting to head north, but those orders never came.