[Hon]

Q: Was the American antiwar movement important to Hanoi's victory?

A: It was essential to our strategy. Support of the war from our rear was completely secure while the American rear was vulnerable. Every day our leadership would listen to world news over the radio at 9 a.m. to follow the growth of the American antiwar movement. Visits to Hanoi by people like Jane Fonda, and former Attorney General Ramsey Clark and ministers gave us confidence that we should hold on in the face of battlefield reverses. We were elated when Jane Fonda, wearing a red Vietnamese dress, said at a press conference that she was ashamed of American actions in the war and that she would struggle along with us.

Q: Did the Politburo pay attention to these visits?

A: Keenly.

Q: Why?

A: Those people represented the conscience of America. The conscience of America was part of its war-making capability, and we were turning that power in our favor. America lost because of its democracy; through dissent and protest it lost the ability to mobilize a will to win.

[Argus]

Bump for later read.

[Blzbba]

"he's the weakest president in U.S. history;"


followed by THE weakest president in US history - Jiminy Carter.

[ppaul]

How North Vietnam Won the United States lost The War

[GailA]

btt
new article on hanoi john's testimony

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1076182/posts

[Hon]

U.S. Constitution
Article III. Section 3. Clause 1.
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

http://www.senate.gov/~thomas/html/body_constitution.html

[Hon]

Here's a thought. Given that treason is a capital crime, there is no statute of limitations.

Therefore, if Kerry should be elected President, he would become immediately eligible for impeachment under the Constutition, Article II, Section 4:

"The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."

http://www.senate.gov/~thomas/html/body_constitution.html

[rhombus]

Can this be verified by the Wall Street Journal. The link does not go to the Journal.

[VadeRetro]

We tested Ford's resolve by attacking Phuoc Long in January 1975. When Ford kept American B-52's in their hangers, our leadership decided on a big offensive against South Vietnam.

Did you read this, Gerry? You flunked the Phuoc test.

[Docbarleypop]

I am surprised that the guy actually admitted that the Tet offensive was a loss. My history teachers taught us that it was a victory. Go figure

[Mark]

I found this in an old book that I have:

Vietnam: A History (1983) by Stanley Karnow--- p26-27

American soldiers in other wars gauged progress by conquering territory; seizing the next town on the route to victory sustained their morale. In Vietnam, by contrast, GIs captured and recaptured the same ground. and not even the generals could explain the aim of the fighting. The only measure of success was the "body count," the pile of enemy slaughtered- a futile standard that made the war as glorious as an abattoir. So homecoming troops were often denounced for bestiality or berated for the defeat- or simply shunned. John Kerry, later elected lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, recalled his return: "There I was, a week out of the jungle, flying from San Francisco to New York. I fell asleep and woke up yelling, probably a nightmare. The other passengers moved away from me- a reaction I noticed more and more in the months ahead. The country didn't give a shit about the guys coming back, or what they'd gone through. The feeling toward them was, 'Stay away-don't contaminate us with whatever you've brought back from Vietnam.' "

[sergeantdave]

Was the American antiwar movement important to Hanoi's victory?

It was essential to our strategy.

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Bastards. Your hands are red with blood.