Posted on 02/12/2007 1:42:46 PM PST by NormsRevenge
I'm not a McCain supporter, but what he says is true. Do you know what a propoganda victory this would give to the Dems and the anti-war crowd, even if they lost. If anything, it would give the Dems the edge in 08. FWIW
Keep up with the VietNam/Iraq comparison. That's what the libs will want and love McCain!
McCain is, at best, a mixed bag, folks may differ as to what is in the bag, but..
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, in an attempt to get back on the media's good side, said in pandering on Monday he fears an offensive by Iraqi insurgents similar to the Tet offensive by the Viet Cong that sent U.S. casualties soaring in Vietnam nearly 40 years ago. He hopes that by adding his voice to the nattering masses who continue to compare Iraq to Viet Nam he'll get some camera face time. And that, he admits, is something he desperately needs if he's to get back in a serious position as a candidate for the U.S. Presidency.
The stupid POS should be more concerned about the insurgents/illegals who are on the streets of America, instead of joining ranks with that slime ball Ted Kennedy to give us the most disastrous piece of legislation ever in the history of America. He needs to be sent to the gallows along with that fat, drunk, murderer, Ted Kennedy!!
McCain was a POW during the entire Tet Offensive, so his first source of information about it were his North Vietnamese captors. I wonder what ideas about it they might have put into his brain.
Just be careful not to step on the bag.....
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NEVER FORGET
Former CBS TV News Anchor & now heavy supporter of a HILLARY Presidency..
...WALTER CRONKITE's misreporting the Vietnam War in general, and our TET Offensive Victory in particular, gave us all to sadly see in the end:
Pictures of a vietnamese Re-Education (SLAVE LABOR) Camp
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308949/posts
...and the suffering of millions of poor S.E. Asian souls in the process.
Later on, in the year 2000, WALTER CRONKITE went to a London World Conference to publically call for (..as correctly reported at the time by the Associated Press..)
...our 11 Southern States to SECEDE from our Union..!!!
For...
...the Enemy is now Within
...and always has been.
NEVER FORGET
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SEN. JOHN McCAIN: THE ULTIMATE "RHINESTONE HERO"
SEN. JOHN McCAIN: THE ULTIMATE "RHINESTONE HERO" Part II
U.S. Sen. John McCain is no War Hero
John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate
McCain Is Booed by Labor Activists
McCain Rides to Kerry's Rescue: "John Kerry is Not Weak on Defense" (Today Show alert)
John McCain SCREAMS AT 9/11 FSA MEMBERS FOR OPPOSING HIS BILL TO GIVE AMNESTY FOR ILLEGALS
A number of articles on McCain. (some the same as above)
McCain/Soros by Rabbi Areyh Spero
Soros' "Reform" (an article about Soros‘ instrumental hand in McCain/Feingold)
Not Child‘s Play [McCain/Schumer bill could effect FR?]
McCain's Letter (McCain aligns with Global Enviro activists)
McCain Looked into Caucusing with Democrats
Climate bill sets stage for debate (Sens. McCain, Obama, and Lieberman join forces)
McCain Still Disliked by Fiscal Conservatives (Club For Growth)
John McCain Goes Left for Money
Sens. Snowe, Collins to head Maine exploratory committee for McCain
I guess he missed the '06 election. Our treasonous press is more than halfway there.
I certainly hope the little towelheads choose to try their own Shia/Sunni/al-Qaeda version of the Tet Offensive. Please come out of hiding and try it!! Come on you little hooligans, come out and play in the open with the big boys and see how well you hold up.
Tet was a decisive victory.
The Viet Cong were never again operational, it took the north 4 years to launch another offensive.
Because of political considerations, it was the turning point that led to the north's victory over the south.
I don't think they can do it, but if Iran can launch an offensive that puts American casualties into the hundreds over multiple weeks, they may be able to win this battle, for Iraq. The war will be ongoing.
I just did a research paper over this for a Mass Communications Class I took last semester, and that statement is a load of BS. The negative swing for the war was overwhelming after Tet because Walter Cronkite did his "Report for Viet Nam". After being briefed by several US commanders, including Westmooreland, that the VC had been defeated and that the NVA was no longer capable of conducting offensive operations "Uncle Walt" went on there air and claimed, "No matter how noble our cause may have been, the US can no longer achieve the goals we set out to accomplish".
It is historic because it was the day the MSM took Democracy away from the American people, we can all thank the left for that.
McCain is quite the liberal. He fears a “Tet Offensive”, so he must fear that the Jihadists will come out into the open and be killed in the thousands - breaking the back of Jihadist terrorism in Iraq.
In the months following the ‘68 Tet Offensive in Viet Nam, the biggest problem we had was finding the enemy. Nearly all were either dead or fled the country.
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