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...recent developments in Viet Nam have failed to rally Congress, the public at large seems to be reacting differently. Opinion polls show that approval of Johnson's handling of the war remains low. Support of the war itself, however, seems to have risen since the Communists' Tet offensive. The Gallup survey periodically asks people to classify themselves as hawks or doves. Since January, the self-described hawks have increased from 56%, to 61%, and the doves have decreased from 28%, to 23%. The latest Louis Harris survey found that those expressing general support for the war have increased...
Army in Viet Nam (USARV) headquarters at suburban Long Binh. Though the initial damage was light, no one could be sure that the Communist attack was not a softening-up prelude to another major drive. Compared with the brutal onslaught of the Tet offensive, however, last weekend's thrusts seemed mild...
...question is even more relevant now, since more than 5,500 suspected Communists were captured during the Tet offensive. In previous modern wars, the rare soldier caught out of uniform could expect to be shot as a spy; the Geneva Convention of 1949 in effect denies prisoner-of-war status to spies. It allows soldiers captured out of uniform to qualify for P.W. privileges if they 1) carried arms "openly" or 2) fought "in accordance with the laws and customs of war." But in Viet Nam, what is a uniform? The Viet Cong dress in the black pajamas...
...have been less exuberant than his public pronouncements. Presumably, he was misled by his intelligence unit. Nearly all military experts agree Westmoreland has underestimated Communist strength-or overestimated the effectiveness of Viet Nam's regular army and paramilitary units. His own command admits the strength of the enemy Tet offensive came as a shock...
...some chilling parallels between Giap's winter-spring offensive in 1954 and the current Red strategy. While the Communists built up their strength at Dienbienphu to 40,000 men-the estimated force now around Khe Sanh-they simultaneously launched assaults against the French throughout Indo-China. The Tet offensive was a similar widespread assault by the Communists which may have been aimed, at least in part, at pinning down U.S. troops in cities far from Khe Sanh...