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GreenWave

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8. I lived in South America when that broke out between Cambodia and China.

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 12:40 PM

16 hrs ago

I often used that as an example of how a few decades after WWII many nations did not learn their lessons about genocide and stood idly by while Pol Pot killed a large percentage of his people.

China was pompous and said it would teach Viet Nam a "painful lesson". Thousands died to stop Pol Pot from his killing spree, but IIRC Vietnam pushed China past their common border, making them surrender the ground lost and promise not to invade again.

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The U.S. dropped 7.5 million tons of bombs, 400,000 tons of napalm, and had 550,000 troops on the ground in Vietnam [View all] dalton99a Saturday OP

Viet Nam had already defeated the Japanese, French, Britsh, then the USA and later China. GreenWave Saturday #1

Actually Vietnam had successfully repelled multiple Mongol invasions from China in previous centuries dalton99a Saturday #3

I lived in South America when that broke out between Cambodia and China. GreenWave 16 hrs ago #8

Yep, the teacher got his butt kicked dalton99a 16 hrs ago #9

54,000 US soldiers dead bucolic_frolic Saturday #2

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A lot of people fled Vietnam because we were there, and are free now. pwb Saturday #6

All because of the Domino Theory. nt doc03 Saturday #7