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Topic	Which is morally worse? The Great Leap Forward or the Cultural Revolution
Darkman124 10/19/18 10:06:22 AM #32:	Coffeebeanz posted... Because Jiang Jie Shi's ROC army had been devastated by years of fighting Japan while Mao sat back and read comic books (literally) the army was 3x larger and better equipped, recipient of billions in US aid. PLA had a bit of USSR support, but minimal, mostly territory/long-term investments like the coal producing regions of manchuria the problem was Jie Shi (Kai-shek to most US readers)'s plans were to fight a defensive war. after a decade of fighting one I kinda get it, but that wasn't the war he was in. he spread his forces out and did not seize initiative. --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not. <cite>Darkman124 posted [p:910793112] in Which is m... [t:77109453]...</cite> <quote><cite>Coffeebeanz posted...</cite> <quote>Because Jiang Jie Shi's ROC army had been devastated by years of fighting Japan while Mao sat back and read comic books (literally)</quote> the army was 3x larger and better equipped, recipient of billions in US aid. PLA had a bit of USSR support, but minimal, mostly territory/long-term investments like the coal producing regions of manchuria the problem was Jie Shi (Kai-shek to most US readers)'s plans were to fight a defensive war. after a decade of fighting one I kinda get it, but that wasn't the war he was in. he spread his forces out and did not seize initiative. --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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