To say that we are closer to victory today is to believe in the face of the evidence the optimists who have been wrong in the past. To suggest we are on the edge of defeat is to yield to unreasonable pessimism. To say that we are mired in stalemate seems the only realistic, if unsatisfactory, conclusion.

Walter Cronkite

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Vietnam War War

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Walter Cronkite

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CBS Evening News

Medium

TV news TV program

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

Occupation

TV personality Journalist

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United States

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Citation

Cronkite, Walter. "We are Mired in Stalemate." CBS Evening News, created by Don Hewitt, CBS News Productions, 27 Feb. 1968.

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