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re: Vietnam War: Mistake or not
Posted on 8/20/23 at 1:28 am to TutHillTiger
Posted on 8/20/23 at 1:28 am to TutHillTiger
Huge, huge mistake.
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Posted on 8/20/23 at 1:32 am to LSU Delts
My daddy was in Vietnam.
He had a black friend named Bubba.
He was a good man, and those bad Vietcong, they done kilt him dead one day.
Later on my daddy came home and had a shrimpin business. He did some other stuff too, but mainly that shrimpin business, which was Bubba’s idea.
I miss daddy and woulda liked to knowed Bubba.
He had a black friend named Bubba.
He was a good man, and those bad Vietcong, they done kilt him dead one day.
Later on my daddy came home and had a shrimpin business. He did some other stuff too, but mainly that shrimpin business, which was Bubba’s idea.
I miss daddy and woulda liked to knowed Bubba.
Posted on 8/20/23 at 4:40 am to Thundercles
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Might have been the first time Americans en masse realized our government was an absolute piece of shite that doesn't give a frick about the money they take from us or the lives of its people.
Posted on 8/20/23 at 6:47 am to Porpus
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The professional soldier has no legitimate place in US society. He is the usurper of Washington, Jefferson, and Hale.
Someone doesn't know their history. Washington is the one who established the professional army of the United States during the Northwest Indian War.
Posted on 8/20/23 at 6:55 am to BeachDude022
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Major mistake
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frick Ali for running away from it
Posted on 8/20/23 at 6:57 am to SportsGuyNOLA
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I miss daddy and woulda liked to knowed Bubba.
I know you're referencing a movie but there's something so cringe about a grown man referring to his father as "Daddy"
Posted on 8/20/23 at 9:34 am to TutHillTiger
It surely was a lot of trouble just to get asian pussy. But worth it.
Posted on 8/20/23 at 10:01 am to BeachDude022
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frick Ali for running away from it
I get it but put yourself in his shoes at that time. The country treated him like a second class citizen then wants him to fight and die for the country.
Posted on 8/20/23 at 10:04 am to tigeraddict
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We were definitely weaker afterwards with nothing to show for it but tens of thousands of casualties and billions of dollars wasted.
Seems like the M/O for all our “wars” since WW2
Posted on 8/20/23 at 10:06 am to Beauw
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Seems like the M/O for all our “wars” since WW2
I spend a lot of time with Vietnam ex-POWs, help with functions, help them drink beer, etc., those are some smart, badass, patriotic mofos, none of them think it was a mistake or that what they went through was in vain
This post was edited on 8/20/23 at 10:13 am
Posted on 8/20/23 at 10:44 am to upgrade
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Total mistake. The domino effect was not real.
I can't agree with that.
Vietnam is communist.
Laos is communist.
Cambodia is communist.
Posted on 8/20/23 at 11:05 am to PetroBabich
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I know you're referencing a movie but there's something so cringe about a grown man referring to his father as "Daddy"
Hearing an adult male use the word ‘cringe’ is 10X worse
This post was edited on 8/20/23 at 11:05 am
Posted on 8/20/23 at 11:11 am to Gray Tiger
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Vietnam is communist.
Communism lasted in Vietnam until the mid 80s when it got so bad they became more socialist and a lot more free
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Cambodia is communist
Cambodia is a monarchy/dictatorship
Not everyone in the world needs a democratic govt
Some people can’t handle it
This post was edited on 8/20/23 at 11:13 am
Posted on 8/20/23 at 11:24 am to TutHillTiger
We were rightful to go in
But our government caved in to the ideologies of those we were supposed to be opposed to.
Thats what happens when you let politicians dictate war, this happened in Afghanistan and now Ukraine. Guess we don’t learn from history after all
But our government caved in to the ideologies of those we were supposed to be opposed to.
Thats what happens when you let politicians dictate war, this happened in Afghanistan and now Ukraine. Guess we don’t learn from history after all
Posted on 8/20/23 at 11:28 am to TutHillTiger
Obviously a mistake, but not as big of a mistake as the Iraq War/War on Terror.
Posted on 8/20/23 at 11:44 am to TutHillTiger
Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace. I would look for a better human rights record for North Vietnam, but they are living side by side.
Posted on 8/20/23 at 11:48 am to lsucoonass
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Thats what happens when you let politicians dictate war, this happened in Afghanistan and now Ukraine. Guess we don’t learn from history after all
So you think we should still be in Afghanistan and put US soldiers in Ukraine?
Posted on 8/20/23 at 11:53 am to HonoraryCoonass
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Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace. I would look for a better human rights record for North Vietnam, but they are living side by side.
Hopefully you don’t think North and South Vietnam are still 2 separate countries
Posted on 8/20/23 at 12:57 pm to PetroBabich
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Your view isn't the commonly held one but there is an argument for it.
Those wars were really battles in larger wars - wars that we won.
Posted on 8/20/23 at 1:52 pm to Midtiger farm
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Hopefully you don’t think North and South Vietnam are still 2 separate countries
What?!?!?
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