Originally Posted by Grapesoda

His role in the Vietnam defeat is being reported as if it were a highlight of his career. Yet, his misreporting helped create the conditions for a premature U.S. military withdrawal, leading to the loss of the lives of 58,000 Americans in vain, not to mention the millions of additional deaths caused in Vietnam and Cambodia by the Communists. Cronkite’s public verdict that the 1968 Tet offensive was a “defeat” for the U.S. is widely seen as a turning point in American support for the war. Cronkite falsely claimed that the Vietcong had held the American embassy for six hours and that the offensive “went on for two months.” The facts show that Tet was actually a major defeat for the communist enemy

http://www.aim.org/aim-column/the-te...lter-cronkite/

tell ya what go get a manicure and actually speak with the Vietnamese women that actually escaped on boats after the fall of Vietnam... I don't use drugs... I saw Gen Westmoreland on a TV interview back in the early 70's talking about the war and the perceptions of the war, just like the press is doing now in fact with reporting any situation.

just like I spoke with a air force pilot shot down over nam, over 6 ft and 200 lbs when shot down... the fist thing the cong did was break his legs so he would fit in tiger cage. in fact the guys was there when jane fonda came to visit... the cong gave everyone blankets and food etc for jane's visit. when she left they took everything away and beat the men so bad most of them died... when the war was over this guy weighed under 100lbs and spent 2 years in hospital ... ... I bought that line as well, from the pilot and the Vietnams ladies... now here some more shit you can laugh about dipshit... this is really funny