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BuffaloJack
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 Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:18 am Post subject: American Soldiers Again Serving in Vietnam |
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| Quote: | American Soldiers Again Serving in Vietnam
November 5, 2006: After over 30 years, U.S. Army troops are returning to Vietnam. These training specialists will help to upgrade the combat capabilities of the Vietnamese forces. Because American troops are now the most combat experienced in the world, they are much in demand as trainers. Vietnam, on the other hand, has not seen combat since 1979, when there was a brief border war with China. There, the combat experienced Vietnamese beat up on the Chinese, who had not been in large scale combat (there had been some border skirmishes with Russia and India) since the 1950s.
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http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htun/articles/20061105.aspx |
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baldeagle
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| Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:49 am Post subject: |
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When did the United States start providing military trainers to Commie regimes. Maybe something to do with harrassing China?
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Snipe
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| Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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WTF?
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streetsweeper95B
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| Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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Part of Kerrys plan to re-establish favorable trade status to Vietnam?
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Doll
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| Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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Just ask Kerry--he did it back in the early 90's and looks like it is just more of the same old traitor mantality. 
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