A few articles have been published since is recent passing at age 102. The last of the old-line communist military leaders from the Cold War.
One quote that I remember from a long time ago stuck out again when I read this article...
http://news.yahoo.com/mccain-general-giap-victories-came-immense-cost-212640560.html
Is there an echo going on with our current situation? Have we really learned anything?
One quote that I remember from a long time ago stuck out again when I read this article...
http://news.yahoo.com/mccain-general-giap-victories-came-immense-cost-212640560.html
Hours after the news of Giap's death Friday at age 102, McCain in a brief tweet praised the legendary general as a "brilliant military strategist" who once called the United States an honorable enemy.
But in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, McCain called into question the morality of the Vietnamese tactic, which he said Giap executed with an "unbending will."
"It's hard to defend the morality of the strategy. But you can't deny its success," wrote McCain.
"Giap was a master of logistics, but his reputation rests on more than that," he added.
"His victories were achieved by a patient strategy that he and Ho Chi Minh were convinced would succeed –- an unwavering resolve to suffer immense casualties and the near total destruction of their country to defeat any adversary, no matter how powerful."
"'You will kill 10 of us, we will kill one of you,' Ho told the French, 'but in the end, you will tire of it first.'"
Is there an echo going on with our current situation? Have we really learned anything?