Walter Cronkite During the Tet Offensive, VietnamUncle Walter's Ghost Is Still With Us In Afghanstan -- James Carafano, Washington Examiner
On the Vietnamese holiday of Tet in 1968, U.S. troops in Saigon woke not to the pop of firecrackers, but to the riddle of machine gun fire. The enemy attacked throughout the city and across the country.
Veteran CBS Evening Newsman Walter Cronkite witnessed the Tet Offensive, and it shook him. He returned stateside and, on Feb. 27, ended his broadcast with an unprecedented “editorial opinion” in which he concluded, “We are mired in a stalemate.”
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My Comment: This article/commentary hits too close to home.
It is true that the media coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have tapered off. North Korea threatens war against us .... but (instead) the main stream media covers Michael Jackson's death. Conflicts are breaking out all over the world .... but this news never makes the 6:00 PM news.
I have been studying wars and conflicts for the better part of two decades .... and I have never seen it like this. The only thing that I can do is use this blog as a mouthpiece to compile and record the conflicts that no one else is interested in following ..... and thanks to the input that I receive from all of you readers, I will continue to do so until I cannot.