[Right Wing Assault]

The Giap quote appears to ba an urban legend.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941710/posts?q=1&;page=51

While various Vietnamese may have said things things similar to parts of this quote, so far, no one has been able to find this quote in anything General Giap or Colonel Bui Tin (or anyone else) have said or written.

[mad_as_he$$]

I have seen Giap interviewed on I think the Military Channel. It was a show about the Art of War and how he used it plan Tet. He did not say exactly that we had them beat after Tet (which would seem to be an admission he would not make in public) but that we had the "advantage". If you study Tet it is clear that the North's troops blew it when they killed the nuns and a few thousand other "civilians". They lost support from the people who had been feeding them info and then were strung out with no food or weapons moving. That is the actual reason Tet was a failure for a NV perspective.

I am sure that the show will be on again I recommend it to everyone. The Art of War is very important in the current situation. 0 clearly does not understand it and that is his weakness.

I also recommend everyone read Giap's book. It is a great insight into Asian military thinking.