hobbit on 26 May 2010
| themanwithnoname said: I'd say it was a draw militarily and a loss politically, beginning with the Tet Offensive, which was a huge defeat for North Vietnam militarily, but politically sent the war downhill for the US by showing that the Viet Cong could just waltz up to the US embassy in Saigon and control it. |
viet cong never took control of the embassy; they busted a hole in the wall and were killed when they tried to get in. The only controled the chancery grounds. They stayed there until the reinforcements arrived and killed them. Walter Cronkite lied on the air.
