McCain fears 'Tet Offensive' in Iraq

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John McCain said Monday he fears an offensive by Iraqi insurgents similar to the Tet offensive by the Viet Cong that sent U.S. casualties soaring in Vietnam nearly 40 years ago.

"McCain, it's not the U.S. presence in Iraq that upsets voters but rather the number of casualties and the possibility those numbers could rise".

Tet, a massive invasion in 1968 of South Vietnam by Communist North Vietnamese, inflicted enormous losses on U.S. and South Vietnamese troops and is regarded as a point where public sentiment turned sharply against the war.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070212/ap_on_el_pr/mccain2008

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. The possibility of a Tet in Iraq has been discussed at DU

and lots of other places since 2002. Does John "Lincoln Bond" McCain live in some kind of bubble where unintended consequences are never considered?

[TheWraith]

2. I tried to compose something to say about this, but I just can't find anything.

My brain hurts from an overdose of irony.

[izzie]

5. I wonder where he has been? That quote is just to far out..

Who does not care if our troops are there? The cost of the thing let alone trying to take over another country is a little in the smell game. I swear I just will never understand this group that plan to go to war with every one to get their way and not understand why some people are not for it. Why does it seem that the people who love war seem to always have the power to do it and get to send others to die and pay for it?

[lvx35]

3. I fear "offensive on my wallet" in Iraq.

So its cost what... 500 billion? and only 28 million Iraqis? That's $17,000 taxpayer dollar per Iraqi we have already spent. The war is lost by cost alone, no tet offensive is required.

[nonconformist]

4. I was just saying to my husband earlier today...

That I fear we will see a Tet Offensive go down in Iraq VERY VERY soon. They're getting more and more organized and effective in their attacks.

And fuck you McCain, it is TOTALLY our presence in Iraq that is "upsetting" voters.

[CoffeeCat]

6. They WANT a "Tet"....

I find it deplorable that Junior announced "a surge" several weeks ago.

Junior himself, frequently reminds us all of the massive number of "extremists who want to kill us" in the
Middle East. He just gave all of them ample time to amass weapons, plan attacks, organize and pour
through the borders toward the battleground.

This administration wants a bigger war. They want more US soldiers dead. They want more death.

American outrage and more violence are essential ingredients on their "blame it on Iran" strategy.
Everything bad that happens in Iraq--from now on--will be pinned on Iran.

The escalation in Iraq is the neocon scum putting a few more logs on the fire--which they
intend to fuel their never-ending war machine.