The Tet Offensive of 1968 was an attack by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces that reached well into South Vietnam. The offensive was beaten back with disastrous results for the North Vietnamese
“The president’s message about troop reductions is met with skepticism and concern, not just with the Afghan people but even with some of our own troops,” Allen West said in a letter to House leaders. “I fear that we have a repeat Tet moment where we had an enemy on the ropes, but thanks to (former CBS broadcaster) Walter Cronkite and the media we lost the initiative and the messaging.”
As a Marine who went through Tet of ‘69 and later wept as I watched helicopters evacuating Saigon, I wish I knew Allen was wrong but know he is right! When we don’t go in to win, we will weep!
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