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Submitted by Petras Vilson, Sep 18, 2007 20:14

from Wikipedia: The attacks were the largest military operations conducted by either side up to that time in the war.

The initial attacks stunned allied forces and took them by surprise, but most were quickly contained and beaten back, inflicting massive casualties on the NLF. The exceptions to this rule were the fighting that erupted at the old imperial capital of Hu?, where intense fighting lasted a month;and the continuing struggle around the U.S. combat base at Khe Sanh, where fighting continued for two more months. Although the offensive was a military disaster for communist forces, it also had a profound effect on the American public, which had been led to believe by its political and military leaders that the communists were, due to previous defeats, incapable of launching such a massive effort.

General Vo Nguyen Giap (Commanding General of the North Vietnam Army) had advised the 1968 Tet Offensive had been a defeat. (ref. Wall Street Journal interview with Bui Tin)

America had won the battle(s) during that time but lost the war at home due to anti-war media. gee.. deja vu ?

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There's a very simple solution: have a brief trial of the traitors in Congress and then have them executed (shot?)... [MORE]	Russ Davis	Sep 18, 2007 23:31
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from Wikipedia: The attacks were the largest military operations conducted by either side up to that time in the war. The...	Petras Vilson	Sep 18, 2007 20:14
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