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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Missed a big one
	Date:	8/31/2009 4:07:56 PM

I agree and my point was that like Korea, the war was being directed from Washington and you are right, under those circumstances we could not win.

I totally disagree with you about Tet. I have read several books that went into detail on Tet and it was a disaster for the VC and China from a purely military perspective. What happened was the media in the U.S. focused on the fact that they launched such a large operation and extrapolated this into a desire and ability for them to win militarily. At the time nothing was further from the truth but the war under Johnson and Nixon was so abysmally handled that it became a self-fulfilling prophecy. One thing we learned is you cannot achieve military victory without boots on the ground and politicians only defining broad objectives and not deciding how many and what type of bombs to drop and where.

Anyway, my only point was that Cronkite was not perfect in holding fire with his liberal worldview but given the current journalistic landscape he appears that much better.

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Media Bias? - Yankee06 - 8/31/2009 2:26:45 AM

Media Bias? - Talullahhound - 8/31/2009 6:45:48 AM

PS - Talullahhound - 8/31/2009 7:13:06 AM

Missed a big one - MartiniMan - 8/31/2009 12:17:10 PM

Media Bias-continued - Yankee06 - 8/31/2009 12:44:01 PM

Media Bias-continued - MartiniMan - 8/31/2009 12:56:56 PM

Missed a big one - Talullahhound - 8/31/2009 3:27:11 PM

Missed a big one - MartiniMan - 8/31/2009 4:07:56 PM

Missed a big one - Yankee06 - 8/31/2009 5:07:55 PM

Y-06.......... - rude evin - 8/31/2009 8:42:45 PM

Missed a big one - MartiniMan - 9/1/2009 9:37:27 AM

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