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Remember the past

Sat., Sept. 29, 2012

They say that if you cannot remember the past you are condemned to relive it, yes? Well, why in the heck doesn’t anyone remember the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, in which the Viet Cong attacked many areas of then-South Vietnam?

How similar are the attacks across the Middle East. I could be wrong, but didn’t the Tet Offensive mark the end of U.S. supremacy in Southeast Asia?

Jose Ocasio

Spokane Valley

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