Thompson Werk » CNN http://www.thompsonwerk.com Uniting History and the Web Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:33:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 A Must Read at CNN http://www.thompsonwerk.com/2010/02/a-must-read-at-cnn/ http://www.thompsonwerk.com/2010/02/a-must-read-at-cnn/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:42:04 +0000 Robert http://www.thompsonwerk.com/?p=639 An insightful opinion piece on the current war in Afghanistan with significant connections to the Vietnam War.

After the fall of South Vietnam in 1975, U.S. Col. Harry Summers remarked to his North Vietnamese counterpart, “You know you never defeated us on the battlefield.” After a moment, the North Vietnamese officer replied: “That may be so, but it is also irrelevant.”

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