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Bến Tre ( listen) is the capital city and municipality of Bến Tre Province, located in the Mekong Delta area of southern Vietnam. It was upgraded from town to city on 11 August 2009.
One of the most famous quotes of the Vietnam War was a statement attributed to an unnamed U.S. officer by AP correspondent Peter Arnett. Writing about the provincial capital, Bến Tre, on 7 February 1968, Arnett cited an unidentified U.S. military official as follows: "'It became necessary to destroy the town to save it', a United States major said today. He was talking about the decision by allied commanders to bomb and shell the town regardless of civilian casualties, to rout the Vietcong." The quote became distorted in subsequent publications, eventually becoming the more familiar, "We had to destroy the village in order to save it." The accuracy of the original quote, and its source, have been called into question.
Arnett never revealed his source, except to say that it was one of four officers he interviewed that day. United States Army Major Phil Cannella, the senior officer present at Bến Tre, suggested that the quote might have been a distortion of something he said to Arnett.The New Republic at the time attributed the quote to U.S. Air Force Major Chester L. Brown.
I wake up in the morning
in a cold sweat
when I think of your loving
you're holding back
I know I'm waiting
but it's all in vain
I sit here dying
just to breathe again
can't go on
can't get enough
when I miss you
I'm so alone
without you, without you
I'm walking on the border
of wrong and right
screaming for you baby
to ease my mind
no one is here who can get me through
all I need is a word from you
I know I'm waiting
but it's all in vain
I sit here dying to feel love again
can't go on
can't get enough
when I miss you
I'm so alone
In pain
time and time again
it's running through my veins
oh take away this pain
the darkness in my heart
let me breathe again
take away this pain
I'm talking to the shadow
on the wall
waiting for an answer
before I fall
am I dreaming
or are you near
were you calling
just to ease my fear
Am I waiting all in vain
I sit here dying
to feel loved again
I can't go on
can't get enough
cos' I miss you
I miss your love
I'm in pain
time and time again
it's running through my veins
oh can you free my heart
the darkness in my head
let me breathe again
take away this pain