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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 01:24 AM Original message |
Losing the Vietnam War |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. this time the left is behind |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. We Never Belonged In Nam |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. Two notes on Vietnam's War |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 01:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. There was absolutely zero hope of winning it. |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 01:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. North and South Korea weren't seperate countries |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 02:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yes of course |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 02:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Vietnamization was never going to work. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 02:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. But what happened in 1974 then? |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 02:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Wow, it held out for a year... |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 02:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Well my interest is |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 02:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I dont buy your narrative. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 03:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. But we pulled out last fighting troops out |
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T Town Jake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 02:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. What happened was that... |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 02:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Thanks for answer |
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T Town Jake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 03:18 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. My pleasure... |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 03:23 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Very interesting, and |
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T Town Jake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 04:42 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Just IMHO... |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 01:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Came back this morning to |
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T Town Jake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 05:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Like you, I find the "story of failure" in history... |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 06:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I'll check my |
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diamond14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 09:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. TRUTH in Vietnam PHOTOS....war-profiteers, sucked the American economy dry |
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diamond14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 11:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. (graphic !) Vietnam PHOTOS...American soldiers cut off heads, etc. |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
6. Some of those in power today |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 02:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I honestly believe that some poeple see Orwell's 1984 as a good example. |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
10. America has always suffered from a perverse sense of ethnocentrism |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
13. Simple. The will of the Vietnamese people, to achieve national |
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T Town Jake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 03:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. You're right... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
17. Laos, Cambodia, N Vietnam, |
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vetwife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. President Kennedy said," That war can't be won over there " |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
29. Guerilla wars can't be won except unless if the invader |
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