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Vietnam war

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Blindsurfer
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writing an essay on the vietnam war, tell me your thoughts on vietnam NS'ers
May 19 2013 12:05PM
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Spagett+
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May 19 2013 12:07PM
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TOAST.
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NO
May 19 2013 12:08PM
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Blindsurfer
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i think you have a crush on me
May 19 2013 12:08PM
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Spagett+
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Yeah I'm just really attracted to people who make dumb threads.
May 19 2013 12:09PM
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pmw
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I think it was bad. I mean they didnt even have WMDs. But then again they were killing millions of Jews so idk
May 19 2013 12:09PM
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987321654hgfd
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Give this a listen


May 19 2013 12:26PM
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Blindsurfer
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accurate
May 19 2013 12:29PM
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nagger
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May 19 2013 12:33PM
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JAHpow
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It was a failed attempt to bring democracy to a nation in turmoil and under a communist takeover. I don't think it was neccesarily bad that we tried to help them but since most of our nation disapproved of the conflict it has been viewed as a military and political failure since.
May 19 2013 1:04PM
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DERS.
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here read my 80 page oral history report about it that i wrote in high school.

lol... good luck do your own research slacker
May 19 2013 3:05PM
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RubberSoul
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im sorry but if you think the vietnam war was about "trying to help them" you are really naive
May 19 2013 3:52PM
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scrambledeggs
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cool helicopters

shoo shoo shoo schoo schooschooschooschoooooooffdfthapthaapthapthapthapthpa

fuck yeah.
May 19 2013 4:01PM
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pmw
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Only if he thinks that was the sole purpose. It was to prevent the spread of communism which overall is a generally good thing
May 19 2013 4:59PM
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RubberSoul
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right, well, "good" or "bad" opinions aside, it was a proxy war and we did some real naughty shit to get it going. anyone who thinks we went in with no ulterior motives beyond "helping them out" probably also thinks we went into iraq to bless them with freedom and democracy and nothing more
May 19 2013 5:35PM
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JAHpow
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Obviously it wasn't the sole purpose but I think most people associate the war with thwarting communism since that's what a majority of it was about.
May 19 2013 10:59PM
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RICK_ROSS
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May 19 2013 11:09PM
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fujarome
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if I remember right, Muhammad Ali won that war by TKO after 8 rounds at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas after Ho Chi Minh personally challenged him by dropping an n-bomb.


Though I might be confusing it with something else.
May 19 2013 11:30PM
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steezburgereddie
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That's the wrong war
May 19 2013 11:45PM
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fujarome
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named after the stream of blood that came from Ali's right cheek after a ferocious left hook in the 4th round. Many thought it was a decisive turning point in the war, but Ali stuck through it.
May 19 2013 11:55PM
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vailsux.com
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One of the most tumultuous times in U.S. history, if not #1. Tons of crazy shit was going on.
May 20 2013 12:11AM
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scrambledeggs
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dat rotor slap
May 20 2013 12:45AM
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GayWolf420
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A civil war within a civil war. Plus it fucked over the great society programs mad hard.
May 20 2013 12:48AM
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steezysteeze
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May 20 2013 12:50AM
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pmw
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that's not what your mom said last night
May 20 2013 2:44AM
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life_is_hood
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FUCK COMMUNISM, FUCK THE RUSSIANS, AND FUCK THE VIET CONG MAN
May 20 2013 10:16AM
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GayWolf420
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except the promptly mopped the floor with our forces.
May 20 2013 12:56PM
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Piste.Off
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Diem was pretty chill.
May 20 2013 1:04PM
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987321654hgfd
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Ehh not really. We lost a little over 58,000 soldiers. The lowest estimate for total dead/missing from the North is 400,000. The upper estimate is over a million.
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