Great post except for this:
Of course, it may be Tet all over again for us, too.
Tet was an unmitigated disaster for the communists despite what the American press said.
I think that's his point. We'll win all the battles, but the press will successfully portray it as a defeat.
I don't think so, myself.
Tet was a major win for the US. The Viet Cong nearly ceased to exist after that.