I do take offense, but realize you do not know what you are talking about.
Then I'll explain it to you.
The Press and Our Government likes to declare Victory at the drop of a hat. Otherwise, the Good People of our Beloved Country might get the sneaking suspicion that All Was Not Well in the War Zone, and hence might demand an accounting from the Powers That Be.
I was certainly not talking about the effort or actual victories you and your pals pulled off: I'm not talking about the reality of things, but the perception of them given by the media and the PR-types in the military.
But I guess I don't know what I'm talking about. There was no propaganda during Vietnam. Nevermind.
Tuor