America's Own Fifth Column

We have a “Fifth Column” here in America, and we have had one for many years. It is still alive and doing well under the guardianship of left-wing university faculties, the mainstream media, and the vast influence of the radical America-hating billionaire, George Soros. Here’s a view of that “Fifth Column” seen, not by right-wing ideologues, but through the eyes of a former enemy military leader.

The August 3, 1995 edition of the Wall Street Journal carried an interview with former North Vietnamese Colonel Bui Tin, a member of the North Vietnamese general staff and the man who received the surrender of South Vietnam's President Duong Van Minh on April 30, 1975.

The interview was conducted by Stephen Young, a Minnesota human rights activist. It might do us good to remember this today. We snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in Viet Nam, and it appears we are about to do the same in Iraq.

Colonel Tin described the military and political events of the war from his vantage point in Hanoi. What he described was the step-by-step defeat of US forces, not on the battlefield, but in the White House, in the Halls of Congress, in the streets of America, and on our college and university campuses .

Col. Tin was asked, "How did Hanoi intend to defeat the Americans?" He responded, "By fighting a long war which would break their will. Ho Chi Minh said, 'We don't need to win military victories, we only need to hit them until they give up and get out.' "

Step One.

Col Tin was asked, "Was the American anti-war movement important to Hanoi's victory?" He responded, "It was essential to our strategy . Every day our leadership would listen to world news over the radio at 9:00 AM to follow the growth of the American anti-war movement. Visits to Hanoi by people like Jane Fonda and former Attorney General Ramsey Clark...gave us confidence that we should hold on in the face of battlefield reverses."


Step Two.

Col. Tin was asked, "How could the Americans have won the war?" He responded, "Cut the Ho Chi Minh trail inside Laos. If Johnson had granted (General) Westmoreland's requests to enter Laos and block the Ho Chi Minh trail, Hanoi could not have won the war."

Step Three.

Col. Tin was asked, "What of American bombing of North Vietnam? " He responded, "If all the bombing had been concentrated at one time, it would have hurt our efforts. But the bombing was expanded in slow stages under Johnson and it didn't worry us."


Step Four.

Col. Tin was asked, "What about Westmoreland's strategy and tactics caused you concern?" He responded, "Our senior commander in the South, Gen. Nguyen Chi Thanh, knew that we were losing base areas, control of the rural population, and that his main forces were being pushed out to the borders of South Vietnam. Johnson had rejected Westmoreland's request for 200,000 more troops (and) we realized that America had made its maximum military commitment to the war. "

Step Five.

Col. Tin continued, " Tet was designed to influence American public opinion. We would attack poorly defended parts of South Vietnam cities during a holiday.when few South Vietnamese troops would be on duty. Our losses were staggering.(General) Giap later told me that Tet had been a military defeat, though we had gained the planned political advantages when Johnson agreed to negotiate and did not run for reelection."

Step Six.

Col. Tin was asked, "What of Nixon?" He responded, "Well, when Nixon stepped down because of Watergate we knew we would win. (Prime Minister) Pham Van Dong said of Gerald Ford. 'He's the weakest president in US history; the people didn't elect him. Even if you gave him candy he doesn't dare intervene in Vietnam again.' "

Now we have virtually the same “Fifth Column” determined to force us to withdraw our troops which are engaged in a life-or-death struggle with the Islamo-Fascists. They want to force us into another humiliating defeat at the hands of barbarians who want us all dead. And the public
seems to be ready to hand it to them.