War

Russia needs a Tet offensive. The Viet Cong were bogged down and took a gamble to go on offense. They didn't succeed in their military objective but they did have profound effect on the US public. Support for LBJ's war policy began to erode quickly after the Tet. Before that 50% of the people believed the US was making progress but after that support dropped to 33%. A remarkable 49% expressed the opinion that the US should never had entered the war. VP Humphrey warned, "political opposition will steadily mount" because Americans stopped believing the press reports. The War which had its early beginnings in 1955, sending ground troops in 1965 and finally ending 20 years later in 1975. It took the lives of 58,000 American soldiers and cost billions of dollars, money that went to the military industrial complex. The Ukraine War was supported by 79% of the people at the start and today that has declined to 58%. Will it take ten years.