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SabresEdge Show an affirming flame from a defense-in-depth Since: Oct, 2010
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#163376: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:15:05 AM

Let's just say that I'm suspicious of the North Vietnamese any time they declared they wanted peace when their stated goal was to conquer all of Vietnam. The Viet Cong, the South's homebrew insurgent communists, had their backs broken by the Tet Offensive, which had burned through their ranks. After that Hanoi ran the war directly with NVA units.

Besides, wanting peace is entirely inconsistent with 1975. Nixon did draw down the American military and begin the process of withdrawing from the South by '72. Finally, there was the entire POW issue for him. The North Vietnamese never did settle that until 1973, and the one issue everyone was agreed on was to "bring the boys home" (see: Son Tay).

edited 30th Sep '11 12:15:29 AM by SabresEdge

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whaleofyournightmare Decemberist from contemplation Since: Jul, 2011
Decemberist
#163377: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:18:02 AM

Fun Fact time, Vietnam is the only war that the British haven't fought with the Americans since 1945.

Dutch Lesbian
betterthanstrawberry Dreaming out loud. from back in the atmosphere. Since: Sep, 2010
Dreaming out loud.
#163378: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:19:24 AM

Um... Claret? Urgent Fury...?

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SabresEdge Show an affirming flame from a defense-in-depth Since: Oct, 2010
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#163379: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:22:03 AM

I think he meant "the Americans fought that the Brits didn't join in on". Though Urgent Fury and Blue Spoon*

, and possibly Somalia depending on how you count it, also qualify for the list.

(Also, the sad thing is that the Brits had to face down a jungle-borne Communist insurgency too. They handled it successfully, and as a result nobody remembers Malaya.)

edited 30th Sep '11 12:22:14 AM by SabresEdge

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ThatHuman someone from someplace Since: Jun, 2010
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#163380: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:23:12 AM

@Sabre: the Malaysians remember Malaya. They're not nobody, now, are they? >_> Anti-communist sentiment is very strong there, and recently it seems a politician used that subject to generate cheap publicity.

edited 30th Sep '11 12:23:33 AM by ThatHuman

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SabresEdge Show an affirming flame from a defense-in-depth Since: Oct, 2010
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#163381: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:25:10 AM

Ah, good point. If there's still anti-Communist sentiment it means the Brits accomplished their objectives. Which the British public doesn't remember much of.

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RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#163382: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:25:29 AM

Hmm. My knee appears to be getting worse.

CommanderObvious intellectual rapist from Unmei no Itaru Basho Since: Jul, 2011
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#163383: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:27:02 AM

south east asia
with exception of vietnam of course
is pretty anticommunist
oh indonesia and your anticommunist purges

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whaleofyournightmare Decemberist from contemplation Since: Jul, 2011
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#163384: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:27:59 AM

We're hardly going to invade another Commonwealth country now are we BTS.

Dutch Lesbian
RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#163385: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:42:11 AM

Merely walking is starting to hurt a little. Odd.

edited 30th Sep '11 12:42:39 AM by RainehDaze

CommanderObvious intellectual rapist from Unmei no Itaru Basho Since: Jul, 2011
intellectual rapist
#163386: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:42:55 AM

is it muscle-related or bone-related

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ThatHuman someone from someplace Since: Jun, 2010
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#163387: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:44:39 AM

@raineh: Perhaps you should figure out what's causing this and find a way to make things less unpleasant.

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RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#163389: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:49:44 AM

Not a clue, CO. It's just a mysterious nuisance that started last Wednesday.

If I just sit still it's fine, Human.

CommanderObvious intellectual rapist from Unmei no Itaru Basho Since: Jul, 2011
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#163390: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:51:03 AM

check a doc
might be something wrong with the nerves

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ThatHuman someone from someplace Since: Jun, 2010
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#163391: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:51:29 AM

[up][up]Well, you can't sit still all day, it's gonna be a problem eventually.

Also, maybe CO is right.

edited 30th Sep '11 12:51:56 AM by ThatHuman

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RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#163392: Sep 30th 2011 at 1:13:01 AM

I'll get around to it eventually. XD

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Shichibukai Permanently Banned from Banland Since: Oct, 2011
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#163394: Sep 30th 2011 at 2:38:43 AM

Morning.

Went to doctors'. It seems that this pins and needles is caused by hyperventilation due to anxiety. Plus I have a chest infection, and have some large banana-coloured pills to take. Oh joy.

Requiem ~ September 2010 - October 2011 [Banned 4 Life]
RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#163395: Sep 30th 2011 at 2:41:55 AM

Ah... well, at least it's not something terrible, Shi.

Shichibukai Permanently Banned from Banland Since: Oct, 2011
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#163396: Sep 30th 2011 at 2:49:50 AM

Yup. I was preparing for the worst.

-hugs Rain-

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RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#163397: Sep 30th 2011 at 2:57:03 AM

Expecting the worst is a sensible course of action.

-Hugs back-

Shichibukai Permanently Banned from Banland Since: Oct, 2011
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#163398: Sep 30th 2011 at 3:17:23 AM

I feel like going back to bed, since I went to sleep at 5 and woke up at 9. -yawn-

See you in a bit... zzzzz

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ShadowBender A Sadist RP-er from a world of my own. Since: Jun, 2011
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#163400: Sep 30th 2011 at 3:25:24 AM

Just dropping in.

-submerges thread-

Sanity? Why would I need a useless thing like that? Now posting as Motor-Runner.

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