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5. Economically, we won

Reply to yorgatron (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 05:45 PM

Apr 2015

We left behind in Vietnam a dedicated cadre of free market "black marketeers" and after 20 years of them running rings around the doctrinaire communists from Hanoi, the government just decided to be socialist on the major businesses and let everything else be free market. All of a sudden there were no shortages and you didn't have to take toilet paper, soap, and shampoo with you went you went for a visit. Free enterprise is all over the places with thousands of little mom and pop businesses.

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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

Same class of people makes money off wars without end against Al Qaeda, ISIS, the Putin. Octafish May 2015 #6

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