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Old 10-29-2013, 12:25 PM
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OMG! Any sacrifice rather than be a loser. Especially of an election.
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Old 10-29-2013, 12:48 PM
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We might indeed have lost SE Asia without the sacrifices made in Vietnam.

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Newsflash!!! We lost in Vietnam, Pete.
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Old 10-29-2013, 12:51 PM
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Really. Well you learn something new everyday

Vietnam didn't happen in a vacuum.

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Newsflash!!! We lost in Vietnam, Pete.
and Laos and Cambodia. Dismally.
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Old 10-29-2013, 01:35 PM
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I did not know we ever had a Southeast Asia to lose
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Old 10-29-2013, 01:44 PM
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Our fearless leaders at the time (new and post- new dealers) saw an arrow pointed right at Japan.

The commies were being very aggressive at that point, who knows what would've happened if we did nothing.

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Our fearless leaders at the time (new and post- new dealers) saw an arrow pointed right at Japan.

The commies were being very aggressive at that point, who knows what would've happened if we did nothing.

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We wouldn't have this.

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Old 10-29-2013, 02:03 PM
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Indeed. However, if enough there fell to the commies we might have faced a much worse enemy defending Japan and found ourselves back at it in Korea. Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines...

I'm not saying they were right. Just saying they had reasons.

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The commies were being very aggressive at that point, who knows what would've happened if we did nothing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-roBPhD-G3U
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Old 10-29-2013, 03:37 PM
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Indeed. However, if enough there fell to the commies we might have faced a much worse enemy defending Japan and found ourselves back at it in Korea. Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines...

I'm not saying they were right. Just saying they had reasons.

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Is that the story they are telling now? That Japan was in play as a domino? Never heard that tale with Japan in it before....

I believe what Elseberg believed. No president from Truman forward had any reason to think their Indochina policy would accomplish any necessary goal, expect the goal of pushing the ultimate disaster out past the next election.

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