The line that got me: "choosing the optimum time to commit the Reserves, when the enemy losses had opened the door to a powerful counterassault. " 1) He was as

The line that got me: "choosing the optimum time to commit the Reserves, when the enemy losses had opened the door to a powerful counterassault. " 1) He was asking for an additional 206k troops, which was unpopular. Who cares if he asked for them before the offensive? It was unpopular to mobilize reserves either way. 2) What evidence is there that "the door was opened to a powerful counter assault". The war went on for six years including bombing Cambodia, invading Laos, etc. We didn't quit in 1968. I never thought I would live long enough for people to forget the lessons of Vietnam. It was a disaster of a war.