Reply #8: I was there for the Tet offensive. I would rather have been in Vietnam

[Mountainman]

for the Tet offensive than be in Iraq right now. I recently read a book about the Vietnam war and read that the area where I was stationed during Tet, Long Bihn - Ben Hoa area, was attacked by 12 divisions of the North Vietnam regular army troops. After the fighting was over I went to Ben Hoa to see how the town had been destroyed. A Vietnamese woman was crying and I went up to talk to her. In Iraq I don't think the troops feel safe walking up to civilians and talking to them anymore. I hear they don't want to venture outside the green zone. At least I could drive around a bit without fear of getting shot by civilians after Tet.