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Seeing the Vietnamese battle flag flying in front of the Pentagon just bothers me.

I know Vietnam can be an important ally and trading partner, and a key block on Chinese expansion.

Their harbor at Cam Ranh Bay would be ideal for a port of call and will have, with our help, the deepest dry dock in the world.

1 posted on 08/09/2017 6:46:10 PM PDT by gandalftb
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Times change. We fought Germany twice in the last century but they’re an important ally now.


2 posted on 08/09/2017 6:49:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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4 posted on 08/09/2017 6:52:23 PM PDT by ThanhPhero
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This must be how my father-in-law felt about accepting that times had changed, and the Japanese had become good friends and valuable allies.

I’m going to need some time to process this one.


7 posted on 08/09/2017 6:58:35 PM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus (Hillary for Prison!)
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We went to war in 64 in RVN to stop communist expansion into SE Asia. That meant the Chinese as the DRV had more limited goals. Are we returning to VietNam to check Chinese expansion. What did Yogi say, “deja vu all over again.”


8 posted on 08/09/2017 6:59:26 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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9 posted on 08/09/2017 7:03:56 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Man-made global liberalism is killing the planet)
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Thanks for posting.

s, ping....


10 posted on 08/09/2017 7:07:16 PM PDT by onedoug
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It's entirely understandable that the Vietnamese would be scared silly of China.There's been bad blood between them for a long time and now China's made it clear that it wants control of its coastline.
11 posted on 08/09/2017 7:12:14 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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It appears the Vietnamese, like the Chinese and Russians, have found Communism is not all it’s cracked up to be.


15 posted on 08/09/2017 7:27:17 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Vietnamese_War

Vietnam doesn’t like China and fought a border war with the in 79’.


19 posted on 08/09/2017 7:34:11 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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It is an excuse to get us closer to Kim.


24 posted on 08/09/2017 7:44:54 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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“Mattis told his counterpart”
My Dad had a counterpart too. The commies sent him to e ‘re-education camp’.
Try to help Vietnam, get kicked in the teeth.


29 posted on 08/09/2017 8:15:31 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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And a deal like this means BIG defense purchases. Always.


30 posted on 08/09/2017 8:18:04 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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So we are acquiring another weak, liability, grifter military client.


31 posted on 08/09/2017 8:38:38 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Why defend the EU?)
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Trump is playing the Vietnam card!


35 posted on 08/09/2017 9:07:43 PM PDT by EarlyBird (There's a whole lot of winning going on around here!)
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NEVER!!


39 posted on 08/09/2017 10:09:37 PM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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Free South Vietnam and we can be great allies.


42 posted on 08/09/2017 10:11:31 PM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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