Current Events > Remember when USA lost a war to a bunch of rice farmers with AK47s?

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God, that must be so embarrassing for Americans going to Vietnam now
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farmers are tougher than you
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And yet, who makes who's shoes?
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daftpunk_mk5 posted...

And yet, who makes who's shoes?

If you could call those shoes...
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At this point whether or not America wins a war is based solely off how much collateral damage they're willing to accept.
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armandro posted...

farmers are tougher than you

Yeah, definitely. Surprised they're tougher than US soldiers tho
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gamer167 posted...

At this point whether or not America wins a war is based solely off how much collateral damage they're willing to accept.

This. Make no mistake. The US military is terrifyingly destructive.


Saddam was ousted within weeks with minimal casualties.
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I'm in Vietnam right now. Most people here are really nice to me, and everyone else is indifferent for the most part.
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Solid Snake07 posted...

I'm in Vietnam right now. Most people here are really nice to me, and everyone else is indifferent for the most part.

where ya at bruh

I'm in HCMC
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Remember when the redcoats that ruled the world lost to a bunch of farmers?
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America lost that war not because the militarily couldn't win, but because the people wanted them to stop.

They were lead farmers motherfucker
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Vietnam is special because

they like both Russians and Americans a lot.

apparently they dont like Chinese.

someone explain this.
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AmonAmarth posted...

Vietnam is special because

they like both Russians and Americans a lot.

apparently they dont like Chinese.

someone explain this.

Long story short ....

The two big community powers in the 60's were the Russians the Chinese. They ended up hating each other for various cultural, political, and geographic reasons. Stalin died and the Russians finally admitted that Stalin was a piece of shit in a lot of ways and Mao didn't like that because he was afraid people would realize how big of a piece of shit Mao because he was the Chinese Stalin was part of the reason. Another part was disputes that predated Communism. Russia has a huge border with China and they both have been vying for influence along that border since the old Russian empire reached that far east.

Anyways.... in 1968 things boiled over enough that the Chinese demanded the Vietnamese stop accepting military aid from the Soviets. The Vietnamese chose the Soviets over the Chinese for various reasons but mostly because the Soviets were a lot richer and more powerful in 1968.

The Chinese ended up supporting other 'communist' revolutions/governments in the region the most significant one being the khmer rouge in Cambodia. Apart from killing a quarter of their own population (a couple million people) the Khmer Rouge also killed tens of thousands of Vietnamese on the Cambodian side of the border and on the Vietnamese side..... which led to Vietnam invading in 1978. Vietnam invaded Cambodia and overthrew the Khmer Rouge and then Chinese invaded Vietnam to try to punish Vietnam for invading Cambodia.

......... Why did China support the Khmer Rouge and then fight a war with Vietnam? Ask China. I get the feeling that China just feels like Vietnam is their backyard and they wanted control over what happens there. Wars happen for lots of dumb reasons but the bigger point is that when the US left Vietnam we went back to America but when China left they just strolled across the border. Vietnam is a lot more paranoid that China will invade again than the US.

thanks.
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Kdr has always been more important than win loss ratio
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MemeDaddy posted...

Solid Snake07 posted...

I'm in Vietnam right now. Most people here are really nice to me, and everyone else is indifferent for the most part.

where ya at bruh

I'm in HCMC

I'm in nha trang right now. Driving to hcmc today
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WaterLink posted...

They were lead farmers motherfucker

I know who I am. I'm the dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude!
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