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may3rd

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8. '78 They got their asses handed to them in less than a 10 mile incursion by a battle hardened

Reply to Kolesar (Reply #6)

Sat Jun 23, 2012, 12:39 PM

Jun 2012

neighbor

That's when they knew they had to build up an army.
Even the Tianimain square insurrection handling was a fiasco being forced to bring in troops from distant provinces instead of using the "local peoples" army...in fear of 'defections' similiar to the current regime changes going on today

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Exactly - China is stealing Asian Oil Fields FreakinDJ Jun 2012 #3

That's exactly what we need! obxhead Jun 2012 #2

Seen this movie before may3rd Jun 2012 #4

America's Pacific Century: Containing China stockholmer Jun 2012 #5

China invaded Vietnam in 1978 to "reset" the politics in that country Kolesar Jun 2012 #6

'78 They got their asses handed to them in less than a 10 mile incursion by a battle hardened may3rd Jun 2012 #8

The Vietnam War sulphurdunn Jun 2012 #7

That explanation is way too simplistic. 4bucksagallon Jun 2012 #9

The Dominoe Theory sulphurdunn Jun 2012 #10

Gotta have some place to send those troops. No jobs here. nt nanabugg Jun 2012 #11