Which flowed from WW1 and more, with massive aid to the Soviet Union in WW2 (to shorten the war, but helping to enable the Cold War), with proxy wars since.
Meanwhile, the West destroys itself from within, and with Putin looking for past Soviet glory, and both persecute non-pc conservative Christians, fighting a war against God that cannot be won.
Little known? We didn’t know that the S-75 anti-aircraft missile installations that were shooting down our F-4s, F-104s, and B-52s were coming from the Soviet Union?
The Soviet Union was the model failure of Communism and an example why it won’t ever work. Because of that, you rarely hear anyone mention The Soviet Union or USSR anymore. Now the Russian “Dictatorship” is responsible for everything during that era, even though all their elected officials from every State, got together and voted to do what they did during their government’s existence.
First, I wasn’t in Vietnam, but it’s no secret from the Veterans who served that they ‘encountered’ Soviet personal on the ground and in the air. That was another component that was suppressed by the government/media apparatus to avoid further ‘escalations’ elsewhere.
Next, both the Soviet Union and Communists in China took advantage of US weapon deliveries. The Soviets to fight the cold war, and the Chinese communists to fight their own people....because they avoided freeing their nation of the Japanese.
In the end, what difference does it make? We here in the US have real problems and it’s hard to complain about elsewhere when we refuse to order our own house.
Wait until the public finds out that China had its own soldiers on the ground in Vietnam fighting US soldiers!
“and both persecute non-pc conservative Christians, “
You need to explain that statement re Russia.
Lots of Russians died in Vietnam. Oddly, World War Three didn’t break out.
The soviets owned the air defense network particularly the SA-2 and their associated radar systems. That wasn’t even a secret in the 70’s.
Little known to who??