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Old June 30th 04, 04:35 AM
Kevin Brooks
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"BUFDRVR" wrote in message
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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

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harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"



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Old June 30th 04, 05:01 AM
BUFDRVR
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Kevin Brooks wrote:

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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.


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everyone on Bear Creek"
 




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