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![]() "BUFDRVR" wrote in message ... Kevin Brooks wrote: I am not sure your 20/20 hindsight is all that accurate in this case in terms of the observation that the spread was "never going to be greater than Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam". I base this on the fact that, at least in SE Asia, it appears these different communist elements not only were not capable of cooperating, but in fact conducted operations against one and other. Vietnam invaded Cambodia in '79, in response China invade Vietnam. Although the Chinese military action was short lived (1 month?), Vietnam and China continued to have border skirmishes as late as the late 80s. China's relatonship with Cambodia has been hot & cold as well. Really, the only two communist nations in the region to get along were Vietnam and Laos. Seems to me you need strong alliances to spread any ideology and I'm not sure these SE Asian nations had that ability. All very true, except for maybe that "strong alliances" part. Recall that Vietnam was being supported by both the USSR and the PRC, even *after* they had that not-so-little/minor border skirmish between those two nations on the Amur (1969, IIRC). I guess my point was that had the US not done anything in Vietnam, it would have left the door open for more adventurous action (than what was actually experienced) on the part of the USSR and PRC supporting communist factions in other nearby nations. Hence my reluctance to accept that the dominos would have stopped falling after Laos, Cambodia, and the RVN irrespective of whether or not the US demonstrated its willingness to offer opposition in the region. Brooks BUFDRVR "Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips everyone on Bear Creek" |
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Kevin Brooks wrote:
snip I guess my point was that had the US not done anything in Vietnam, it would have left the door open for more adventurous action (than what was actually experienced) on the part of the USSR and PRC supporting communist factions in other nearby nations. Perhaps, but any direct support to communist insurgents in say Thailand would have required the cooperation (at least in over-flight rights) of both Vietnam and either Cambodia or Laos and the staging of operations in either Cambodia or Laos. With Vietnam and Cambodia at "odds", would it have been likely that they would have had the inclination to support such operations? It may have been possible, but not certainly as "neat" as the support to NVN and the Pathet Lao was. BUFDRVR "Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips everyone on Bear Creek" |
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