User blog comment:The Deadliest Warrior/Medellin Cartel vs Viet Cong/@comment-181289-20101007012033/@comment-2016768-20101007012858

We were not wiped out during the Tet Offensive. I will now quote from my son's Social Studies book, shortening some parts for length's sake:

"The Tet Offensive was a military defeat for the Communists.They gained no cities and lost 45,000 soldiers, while the SOuth Vietnamese lost 2,300 soldiers and the United States 1,100."

THIS is why that attack was so stunning...

"But the attack stunned Americans. ... The Tet Offensive ... made many Americans ask whether the US mission in Vietnam was wise."

We 'lost' through no lack of military skill on our part. In fact, I have no doubts we could have won. It's just many people were tired of the war and its horrific massacres, brutal killings, and the many lives lost on both sides.

Now do you all understand?