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malthaussen

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2. Well, Vietnam did embark on some military adventurism in the area...

Reply to yorgatron (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 02:58 PM

Apr 2015

... but the war did demonstrate the barrenness of the Containment policy. Although since the dominoes did not fall, the old Cold Warriors could argue that the policy saved the region (insert guffaws here).

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today marks 40 years since our failure in Vietnam. [View all] yorgatron Apr 2015 OP

And, the dominoes didn't fall after all. 3 million dead for nothing. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2015 #1

Well, Vietnam did embark on some military adventurism in the area... malthaussen Apr 2015 #2

the dulles brothers legacy. nitwits. pansypoo53219 Apr 2015 #3

Don't forget what those idiots did to Iraq. (nm) Elwood P Dowd Apr 2015 #4

Economically, we won 1939 Apr 2015 #5

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one might think 100% of DU regards the VN war as a tragic mistake steve2470 May 2015 #7