As for all of you people who want to gloat in the victory. How about giving it a rest. If you want to rise above the ignorance and paranoia that draws people into wars we should all try to learn from history and not use it to pour salt in an open wound. Do you want the world to be a better place for your children or do you want to add to the cycle of hate and ignorance.
@dambigfoot How the hell were they supposed to fight it? If the roles were reversed we would have done the same damn thing and if you say you wouldn't have you're either full of shit or a jackass.
It is also conveniently forgotten by the South Vietnamese & the Americans that the Thieu regime also broke the 1973 Paris Peace Accords. Wikipedia: "The Paris Peace Accords had little practical effect on the conflict, and were routinely flouted by the North Vietnamese and even more so by the Saigon government, which enlarged the area under its control in 1973. North Vietnamese military forces gradually moved through the southern provinces and two years later were in position to capture Saigon."
It is also conveniently by the South Vietnamese and the Americans that the Thieu regime also broke the 1973 Paris Peace Accords. Wikipedia, read on: "The Paris Peace Accords had little practical effect on the conflict, and were routinely flouted by the North Vietnamese and even more so by the Saigon government, which enlarged the area under its control in 1973. North Vietnamese military forces gradually moved through the southern provinces and two years later were in position to capture Saigon."
Had elections been held in South Vietnam in July 1956 as given in the Geneva Accords and Agreements, Ho Chi Minh would have been elected by the majority of SOUTH Vietnamese. Vietnam could then have been reunified peacefully without the need for a second war. But the South Vietnamese did not want to relinquish power to an elected leader in Ho Chi Minh and the US did not want Ho Chi Minh leading a unified Vietnam. The South Vietnamese and the US brought the Vietnam War on themselves.
Did the North Vietnamese break the 1973 Paris Peace Accords? Yes they did. But then the South Vietnamese and the Americans broke the 1954 Geneva Accords when the Americans refused to allow elections in South Vietnam in order to prevent an almost certain electoral victory by Ho Chi Minh. The South Vietnamese and the US set the pattern of breaking peace accords. The moral is: don't whine, you started it.
I can't help but admire the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese: they took everything that the world's most powerful country could throw at them and they still wouldn't surrender. What courage, resolve, endurance, and one must be honest, ruthlessness. Perhaps you would be ruthless too in fighting on your home soil for your country against a corrupt regime and a foreign invader.
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paintmn1 2 months ago
sorry if civilians died they had no uniforms all black pajamas
dambigfoot 3 months ago in playlist dambigfoot's favorites
As for all of you people who want to gloat in the victory. How about giving it a rest. If you want to rise above the ignorance and paranoia that draws people into wars we should all try to learn from history and not use it to pour salt in an open wound. Do you want the world to be a better place for your children or do you want to add to the cycle of hate and ignorance.
fubar1369 3 months ago
@dambigfoot How the hell were they supposed to fight it? If the roles were reversed we would have done the same damn thing and if you say you wouldn't have you're either full of shit or a jackass.
fubar1369 3 months ago
The VC were very brave indeed...................
rlibos 3 months ago
It is also conveniently forgotten by the South Vietnamese & the Americans that the Thieu regime also broke the 1973 Paris Peace Accords. Wikipedia: "The Paris Peace Accords had little practical effect on the conflict, and were routinely flouted by the North Vietnamese and even more so by the Saigon government, which enlarged the area under its control in 1973. North Vietnamese military forces gradually moved through the southern provinces and two years later were in position to capture Saigon."
rdv040 3 months ago
It is also conveniently by the South Vietnamese and the Americans that the Thieu regime also broke the 1973 Paris Peace Accords. Wikipedia, read on: "The Paris Peace Accords had little practical effect on the conflict, and were routinely flouted by the North Vietnamese and even more so by the Saigon government, which enlarged the area under its control in 1973. North Vietnamese military forces gradually moved through the southern provinces and two years later were in position to capture Saigon."
rdv040 3 months ago
Had elections been held in South Vietnam in July 1956 as given in the Geneva Accords and Agreements, Ho Chi Minh would have been elected by the majority of SOUTH Vietnamese. Vietnam could then have been reunified peacefully without the need for a second war. But the South Vietnamese did not want to relinquish power to an elected leader in Ho Chi Minh and the US did not want Ho Chi Minh leading a unified Vietnam. The South Vietnamese and the US brought the Vietnam War on themselves.
rdv040 3 months ago
Did the North Vietnamese break the 1973 Paris Peace Accords? Yes they did. But then the South Vietnamese and the Americans broke the 1954 Geneva Accords when the Americans refused to allow elections in South Vietnam in order to prevent an almost certain electoral victory by Ho Chi Minh. The South Vietnamese and the US set the pattern of breaking peace accords. The moral is: don't whine, you started it.
rdv040 3 months ago
I can't help but admire the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese: they took everything that the world's most powerful country could throw at them and they still wouldn't surrender. What courage, resolve, endurance, and one must be honest, ruthlessness. Perhaps you would be ruthless too in fighting on your home soil for your country against a corrupt regime and a foreign invader.
rdv040 3 months ago