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Tet Offensive Coming in Iraq?
The gangs are united by common needs, common enemies, and a desire to see Sunni Arabs running Iraqi again. The chatter among the gangs is that something spectacular needs to be done now, to prevent the gangs from being hammered into a state of marginalized ineffectiveness. That's where the talk of a "Tet Offensive" comes from. This would emulate the suicidal attacks South Vietnamese guerillas and North Vietnamese troops made in 1969. The idea then was that such a broad offensive would encourage the South Vietnamese population to rise up in support of the communists. Most South Vietnamese were anti-communist, but the communists had convinced themselves otherwise. Militarily, the attacks were a major defeat for the Viet Cong (the South Vietnamese guerillas) and a big setback for the communist effort to take over South Vietnam. But the American media declared it a U.S. defeat, and U.S. government support for South Vietnam declined, reached the point where, in 1975, the second North Vietnamese attempt at taking South Vietnam via conventional invasion worked, because the American Congress had halted even ammo shipments to South Vietnam.Just like in Vietnam, such an offensive would be a military disaster for our opponents, but would likely force our withdrawal from the battlefield. Unlike Vietnam, it would NOT lead to eventual victory by our attackers, but to their ultimate extermination by the Shia (with or without Iranian 'assistance'.) It is essential for both the US and Iraq that any such 'offensive' be stopped utterly cold, because the media will paint anything less as our defeat and proof of the hopelessness of our cause. Posted by: Glenmore 2007-07-11 |
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