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To: kearnyirish2
We fought to protect South Vietnam, and it fell 2 years after we left; I don’t see a win or a tie in that.
You must have gone to public schools. Allow me to explain.
All sides signed the 1973 Treaty of Paris, with North VN agreeing NOT to invade the south. At the least I'd call that a "tie."
Then, North VN broke the treaty by invading across the DMZ not once, but twice, and the second time they were successful.
23 posted on 11/26/2011 8:46:20 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven

You see a signed document, worth the paper it is printed on and little more, as a victory? Boy, you must have loved the declaration of “Peace in our time” from the document that the Brits got from Mr Hitler.


24 posted on 11/26/2011 8:49:51 AM PST by Teacher317 ('Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.)
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To: oh8eleven

“Allow me to explain.”

You’re kidding, right? Korea was a tie; we successfully defended South Korea from the fate of South Vietnam. The US spent tens of thousands of American lives, and destroyed hundreds of thousands more, because we were responsible for the security of South Vietnam; in the end, we left, the South fell, and 20 years later BJ Clinton acted like it had never happened.

If you paid for private school, get your money back.


26 posted on 11/26/2011 8:56:18 AM PST by kearnyirish2
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To: oh8eleven

Don’t forget the precipitous event of the US Democrats cutting off funding to SV.


35 posted on 11/27/2011 9:21:09 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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