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Date Posted: Wednesday, March 05, 06:32:18pm
Author: Nick Giori
Subject: Re: LBJ
In reply to: Mr. Davis 's message, "LBJ" on Sunday, March 02, 05:27:35pm

I think that Johnson's strategy was unsuccessful for a couple reasons. First, American soldiers were fighting in extremely dense jungles and forest regions, and to top it off, the land was completely unfamiliar to them. The idea of "Who is the enemy?" was ever present because not only was vision limited to a few feet in front of you, if even that much, but there were so many people fighting against America employing whomever they please, including children. Essentially, it was an extremely challenging and dangerous terrain where they were fighting. Also, after the Tet Offensive, Johnson lost virtually all support from the American people for the war. This surely demoralized the troops and further weakened their ability to fight.

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