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To: laney
I beleive it was to Show the Soviets as well as China a intimidating effect by our attempts to stop Communisim from spreading through out All of Asia.

Partially, and we did that for the most part though Laos and Cambodia were lost and remain. But, like South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia were given time to understand freedom and grow markets.

You can think of Vietnam as the substitue war between the US and the USSR without the nukes. From my point of view, a necessary war.

451 posted on 11/10/2005 8:02:12 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07

Why necessary? Saigon fell anyways, so what was the accomplishment?


455 posted on 11/10/2005 8:09:41 PM PST by laney (little bit country,little bit Rock and Roll!)
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