[OldEagle]

The truth is that as of October 1967 the war was over, in that North Vietnam could not win it and they knew it. Tet 68 was their last gasp and if we had not been sold down the river we would have won AND we would not be wondering today about MIA's and a lot of other things. The veterans of "the conflict" would have been treated like heroes and Hanoi Jane would have been... (I guess I was just dreaming)

[toddst]

The truth is that as of October 1967 the war was over, in that North Vietnam could not win it and they knew it. Tet 68 was their last gasp and if we had not been sold down the river we would have won AND we would not be wondering today about MIA's and a lot of other things. The veterans of "the conflict" would have been treated like heroes and Hanoi Jane would have been... (I guess I was just dreaming)

You are essentially correct, IMHO. The primary problem was micromanagement of military decisions by Johnson. All failures originate there.