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Posted: 1/28/2017 4:27:46 PM EDT
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Considering the US withdrawal was four to five years after the Tet offensive, you argument doesn't hold much weight. Even if Tet had completely wiped out the VC (which it didn't), they could have rebuilt, or a lot of different things could have happened between that date and the US drawdown through 72 to 73.
I believe the purpose of Tet was to show the US (especially the US public) that there would be no easy, quick victory for the US and the South, and wear away at US resolve. |
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Posted: 1/30/2017 11:23:03 AM EDT
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That's been discussed for several years. Tet decimated the Viet Cong, which many in North Vietnam may have found convenient. Whether it was a deliberate plan or merely unintended consequences is yet to be determined with any certainty.
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Posted: 2/6/2017 5:44:23 PM EDT
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Did the North Vietnamese "set up" the Viet Cong? Since the north planned on winning, was this a way to score a political victory against the US, as well as getting rid of the South Vietnamese based Viet Cong. If there was any resistance after the takeover, the Cong had the potential for an experienced resistance force. VC was either very gullible to believe the North Vietnamese Commie or VC had no choice but to believe. Without the support of NV commie who got the support from USSR and Chicoms, VC could not last long in South Vietnam. Tet Offensive in Lunar New Year 1968 destroyed a significant force of VC. North Vietnamese Commie did not achieve militarily, but politically it affected the public opinion in US, and it went down hill from there. As the pressure of public opinion in US piled at Nixon Administration, 1972 Paris Accords struck between US, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and VC to end the war. This Accords was the end of US involvement and also the end of South Vietnam. As US forces withdrew, US also cut back on support as far as materials, guns, ammo,...were scaled back. North Vietnam with the support of Chicoms and USSR started to secretly moved more troops into South Vietnam. 3 years later, April 30, 1975, Republic of Vietnam surrendered. As far as VC were concerned, their forces were merged into NVA. Leaders of VC did hold some official capacities but as important as they imagined. |
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Posted: 2/17/2017 9:21:30 PM EDT
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We abandoned our ally after the 'treaty' was signed.
All we had to do was bomb the dikes around Hanoi with B-52s ad the North would have collapsed. The NV read the Dumbocrats and Johnson perfectly. A President picking targets on the floor of the oval office. Pathetic. |
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Posted: 2/21/2017 10:07:32 PM EDT
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Tet '68 wasn't about scoring a political victory. It was a one shot "win the war" total uprisong plan hatched by the guy who ran the insurgency in South Vietnam who thought Giap was too cautious and slow. VC were predominant because they were numerous than NVA forces in the South. To maintain element of surprise they couldnt exactly inilitrate numerous new divisions, especially when the infrastructure was already present, the VC. Giap deferred and sat out the whole thing for "health reasons" and allowed them to carry it out without him, knowing they would likely fail.
Didn't work, in actuality they did the very thing the US wished, they all came out of hiding where we could more easily killed them, resulting in the VC cadre being nearly wiped out and participating NVA units all combat ineffective, needing to leave South Vietnam for refit. It was never planned to be a psychological victory, the Vietnamese commies only grabbed onto that narrative to save face after the American press used the offensive as justification to cut support. It was supposed to be a complete military victory. |
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