U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote

At U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote, Rahul Mahajan reproduces an article from the New York Times about the high turn-out (80%+) for elections in 1967 (eight (8) months before the Tet Offensive). This article is appearing all over the blogosphere (the progressive ones at least). So why not here?

The hubris by this vote made the shock of the Tet Offensive so much greater. In Walter Cronkite's famous quote:

I thought we were winning this war!

In other news (picked up via Eschaton), a British aircraft is brought down either by a missile or a bomb. Either way, it is more bad news for the supply lines between the bases in Iraq. The roads are almost impassable due to the threat of ambush. Now the air and/or airfields are unsafe. If the resistance can plant a bomb aboard a military aircraft without being noticed, then the security at these airfields is worse than at O'Hare Airport on 11 September 2001.