I can understand misreading something, I can understand objecting to what you think is said. What I will not ACCEPT, much less even attempt to understand, is calling the person a liar after they explain it to you. And I will not, under any circumstances, apologize for being called a liar. I will apologize to you and only YOU for making what was apparently a misunderstandable sentence. I have never blamed the fighting man in the field for the loss of the Vietnam war, will never blame them for that, and share your disdain for anyone that does, if that’s what you thought I said then I’m sorry for my poor sentence structure, I have never thought something like that much less said it.
See I can and will apologize for mistakes, when someone comports themselves in a manner that deserves respect. The one that called me a liar can get bent. And yes I did read the Giap quote, and agree. I think the fact that it took two weeks of saturation bombing to get the North Vietnamese to sign a treaty that had functionally been on the table for 6 years is one of the saddest things in American politics ever. Every single American soldier that died during that 6 years is a tragic waste of life. LBJ had the ability to win the war outright in 1967, instead he ceased bombing as a show of good faith. Of course it doesn’t stop there, Nixon had the ability to win the war outright in 1968 by resuming the bombing the minute he took office, instead he negotiated a sissy peace that the Democrats wouldn’t defend so we wound up fleeing the country. Sad stupid politicians all the way around.
With regard to winning the war, the ability to win the war was within our capabilities during any 6 month period you might chose to name between July of 1965 and September of 1970. The only thing lacking was the POLITICAL will. Something for which I will NEVER forgive the likes of Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Jane Fonda and many others of that ilk!
How old were you in 1975?