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Originally Posted by Botnst
Ah yes, the Tet offensive. In which the US Army and Marine Corps handed the VC and NVA their asses on a platter but the US news agancy reported it as a defeat.
If that knucklehead McNamara had a pair of balls he'd have followed those defeated elements into North Vietnam and and Laos and annhilated the NVA. Chicken-*****.
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All true. However, the problem was that the military was directly controlled and micromanaged from the White House. Look at the military today. Do they have control of what they buy and in what quantities? Nope. Imagine a mechanic where you tell him how to do his job, what tools he needs to work with and what brand and when to do this, that or the other. A mechanic has the privilege of telling you to DIY whereas the soldier has to make do with the crap he gets.