Manual

Facts on the Tet Offensive: The North Vietnamese lost between 45,000 and 70,000 ghters in the assault.

The United States, Korea, and Australia had combined losses of 1,536 soldiers.

This is what Walter Cronkite says, “The referees of history may make it a draw”. The Tet Offensive was

such a huge failure for the North Vietnamese that they were ready to come to the peace table until Walter

Cronkite got on TV and told the American people how badly we were trounced.

By not committing to win in 1968, when the enemy was on its knees, we caused additional American deaths

in the tens of thousands and endured ve more years of war, culminating in the sacrice of our ally South

Vietnam to communism.

In the rst Iraq war the United States encouraged southern Shiites to oppose Sadaam Hussein, and we

promised to support them only to leave them to suffer Hussein’s wrath. And we wonder why the rest of the

world hates us; we have no integrity. Two things we are very good at, us Americans, we don’t support our

troops, and we don’t support our allies.

American soldiers are the best equipped and best trained in the world. Since World War II, the United

States military has dominated all others on earth. Knowing this, why would any military challenge us?

Because, they know we don’t have the mettle to follow through.

With the tepid support you receive at home I do not know how you do the job you do, but I do wish to

thank all American soldiers for your sacrices. Without you I could not do what I do; I could not venture for

excellence, and I could not attempt to attain those childish aspirations that are promised to me in America’s

Constitution, but guaranteed only by your efforts.