Vietnam Battle for Hue
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South Vietnamese troops and US Marines battle to recapture the town of Hue, with bodies being checked for booby traps and civilians caught up in the fighting and leaving. The battle was part of the Tet Offensive.
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You wrote that you want to see someone get shot. Son, that's a comment born out of ignorance. Believe me, there's nothing hip, cool, or glamorous about seeing someone take a bullet.
But if you're so fired up about the idea, here's what to do: buy a pistol, load it with hollow-point ammo; put a round in the chamber; safety off; put the barrel right squarely against your temple; stand in front of a full lenght mirror; and then, pull the fucking trigger.
You're right about Uncle Ho's supporting the US during WWII. Now, remember the times. Early 1950's. France still controlled Indo-China. We needed France's acquiesence (sp?) in order to re-arm Germany to face down the Soviets. Tough to get that if you're supporting someone who is killing French soldiers.
Our mistake in Vietnam was getting bogged down in a guerilla war. We should've invaded and decimated North Vietnam. End of story.
Moreover, what the North did in 1975 is EXACTLY what we should have done in 1965: invade. We should've taken the war to the North, not gotten bogged down in the South.
But I don't think US could succeed invading the North, it would have ended like in Corea : an escalation with involvement od China, maybe USSR and then stalemate and maybe partition.
Still a better outcome than leaving the South to be taken over by the North, tho.
You don't know your history at all. During the Christmas bombing of 1972, the NVA ran out of SAM missiles and came running back to the bargaining table in Paris. So, actually, unrestricted bombing,i.e., bombing the shit out of them, worked quite well.
Started WWIII? Are you fucking nutts? Do you really think that either China or Russia would've went to war with us over Vietnam?
2,000 of their inventory of SA-2/3s.
They were practically defenseless, yet the
US let the opportunity slip away. Lyndon
Johnson behaved (and looked) like a real
softie wimp.
tied behind their backs :
1. Can't fire the Sparrow until the Viets
are visually spotted. Defeats the purpose
and advantage of a BVR missile. Might as
well have used the Sparrow as a cannon.
2. Can't fire first till they are fired at.
3. Can't attack their air bases.
Why bomb them at all then ?
Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara
seemed like real dummies to me at that
time.
on your President at that time.
I just don't understand why everyone on earth doesn't love the Americans, especially after all the help they've offered in making people dead.