"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...

Air Force generals who know what they're talking about were telling Nixon
that the bombing was not producing results. Pretty unusual advice from
guys whose specialty is dropping bombs, and who had been doing exactly
that to Hanoi for many years. Hanoi was symbolic, not strategic.

The capiltol city of the opposition is symbolic. You capture it and you
demoralize the population.

"Bert Robbins" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...

Air Force generals who know what they're talking about were telling Nixon
that the bombing was not producing results. Pretty unusual advice from
guys whose specialty is dropping bombs, and who had been doing exactly
that to Hanoi for many years. Hanoi was symbolic, not strategic.

The capiltol city of the opposition is symbolic. You capture it and you
demoralize the population.



Don't read much, do you, Bertie Girl? The North Vietnamese repeatedly stated
that they would never stop fighting. Period. Can you imagine our soldiers
hauling munitions for hundreds of miles, wearing flip-flops, using bicycles
to wheel the heavy stuff? Hanoi's symbolism meant nothing to the NV.