Posted on 01/13/2008 8:57:58 AM PST by Red6
About 11:30 Central Time (History Channel)
As my wife was sitting in our study grading papers I happened to walk in. On the TV was a show about the Vietnam war and it immediately struck me when some self proclaimed expert stated that the “Domino Theory” which was used as a justification for continuance of intervention was hand waved away and the pundit literally stated: “As we all know today, that didn’t occur.”
Excuse me? Does this guy have a clue about what happened in Cambodia? What happened in Laos? Or who attacked Thailand? Who has naval bases in Vietnam to this day? Does this expert know who was backing Pol Pot? Does he understand why Thailand (The last domino) didn't fall even though attacked? Why the largest Soviet/Russian naval base outside the Soviet Union is in Vietnam: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1964253.stm
How does it happen that in a history program which states it’s factual something so inaccurate gets presented as fact and gets blasted out on the air unquestioned and uncorrected?
Is this worthwile any effort or should we allow such misinformation to rest as fact, even though factually incorrect?
All of the above.
Your worst assumptions are correct .
Who wrote it? Who produced it? Who paid for it to be made?
FYI Russians in Viet Nam, while they had the bases there, were treated by the Vietnamese people as uninvited beggars from some third-world hell-hole. And that was during the starvation years, too.
As we all know, it DID occur. Thus, it’s just propaganda. They don’t need to fact check. They know what the facts are. They just choose to spread lies.
There must always be accountability. The History channel simply isn’t credible (hasn’t been for quite a while), and won’t be unless they fire all agenda-driven historical revisionists and then rebuild their credibility over a period of years.
And the dominoes did definitely fall, and not all in the expected lines. The last line went through Afghanistan and the last domino to fall was the USSR, unless they are falling still and it all ends with Sharia in North America.
They still can’t bring themselves to admit that NVN was 6 days from surrender when the left finally wore down US resolve and we “quit trying”
It’s the history channel. Watered down facts to sell ad space.
I pine for the days when the History channel was just a silly little cable network that had an occasional story of interest. Now it is but another pawn in the liberal stable.
This is EXACTLY WHAT the Dimocrats planned on and wanted in my opinion. The only way to turn America communist, is to slowly turn all other countries communist, and build communism within the USA. They have slowly taken America down the socialism road, and America has took it hook, line and sinker. Americans see socialism has the gateway to the good life. Having all free stuff, free this, free that, free money, no work, let the rich pay for it, have a party, have sex, use drugs, go to the big game, watch Opepra, watch reality shows, do some more drugs and watch porn, drink booze, call in sick, call the pizza delivery man, sit on their asses, all keys to the good life. Socialism gives us this. Man this is heaven in a basket. Everything free and all I have to do is nothing. Can't beat that deal. Vote for the Marxists and have everything free. By the time the Stupids of America get it, IF they ever get it, it is going to be too late. America will be destroyed. America will be as the old Roman Empire, burned to the ground. The end is in sight for the American Republic as founded. The Marxists with their goal of the good life for free, is winning the Stupids of America. America, sadly, is toast. Conservatives are the minority and we will get smaller. We will be the very minority group in a world of socialism.
The domino theory did in fact work. The fact that the Russians and Chinese overlooked was that each of the countries that fell to Marxist movements had their own ideas of the future so the concept of "one world socialism" never really materialized. Vietnam and China battled, Pol Pot was stopped in his excess by the Vietnamese, Laos retreated from the 20th century, other country's Marxist movements died on the vine (a process greatly aided by USA). However, the spread of Marxism via the domino effect was a fact of international life in the years following our betrayal of Vietnam.
After all, the History Channel hasn’t ever been wrong about anything....
Neither has the National Geographic Channel..........
RU Weak Eyes Yokum using a different Disguise???
Tight Lines on the truth squad
Caddis
No domino effect, eh? I guess the History Channel just conveniently blows off how the USSR got so huge to begin with. And the 1956 invasion of Hungary and 1968 invasion of Czechoslavakia were just figments of my imaginations.
Everyone knows liberal babyboomers are blocking the true history of the past 40-50 years... but they are going to retire... and there is a lot of money to be made from the demand of the TRUTH...
I’d spend a lot to have a true account of the past 40-50 years that wasn’t fragmented with liberal ideology.
And that Economic Demand will ultimately prevail.
If you are a VN Veteran or know one, you will find this site useful. Plan on spending some time. Lots of video.
"The Vietnam War was mis-reported by the Media, mis-recorded by the Historians, mis-taught in our schools and mis-applied in addressing policy decisions.
Examining the Myths of the Vietnam War: http://www.viet-myths.net/
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