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To: EveningStar

Thanks for the ping - it tends to get blurred over time, but the Yippies were quite distinct from the rest of the "revolutionary" bunch in that (1) they knew the whole thing was a joke, and (2) they were raising merry hell simply for the fun of it. That does not negate the damage they did - the "passion" of OUR generation condemned the Vietnamese people to three decades of communist oppression.


31 posted on 01/31/2006 7:45:53 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill
Actually, it was Eisenhower who condemned the Vietnamese to the Commies.

When Ho Chi Minh was fighting the French, the US sided with France forcing them to turn to the Soviets/Chinese.
39 posted on 01/31/2006 8:17:52 PM PST by Hong Kong Expat
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