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Originally posted by TDawgRex
Originally posted by theubermensch
Ok,without the link,I was saying that China is already involved in economic warfare with the US. They are working against you.
And that is news? We've known that for years. But the US is a consumer nation.
I'm sensing a little jealousy here as most US citizens, even in the poorest of circumstances still live better than their counterparts the world over.
Originally posted by nightbringr
Originally posted by KeliOnyx
No he is right in every conventional means the U.S. had Vietnam won.
Im sorry, when did the USA push to, and take over Hanoi? Without the defeat and capitulation of the enemy, you did not "win".
Is it too hard to specify a distinction between 'America' and its 'American regime'? Im not greedy, nor do I wish death upon innocence. I also agree with the person who pointed out the FACT that Iran is not, in any way, shape or form, the innocent lamb here.
america does this under the table but if iran does it openly its different ???
Originally posted by TDawgRex
reply to post by theubermensch
When pinting fingers, remember that three are pointing back at you.
Iran is quite the bully as well.
They have admitted to State sponsered terrorism. Even boasted about it.edit on 9-2-2012 by TDawgRex because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by KwisatzHaderach
reply to post by theubermensch
No offense sir but you have no clue what Americans are like. We fight with a volunteer army guess what would happen if someone actually attacked us.. The average southerner is better armed and better trained, (deer have better hearing and smell than humans) than most of the army's around the world. Americans aren't as stupid as were made out to be we're violent. If someone actually caused massive harm on U.S. Soil we would unify and slaughter every man, woman, and child. We could literally cover the entire country of Iran, with just the napalm we have. A little something you should remember when Americans get angry we forget about morals and ethics.
Originally posted by Tw0Sides
Originally posted by SplitInfinity
After seeing these Military Drills....he made several statements that China was Multiple Decades behind the U.S. in all Military Branches.
Check this out! Split Infinity
Of course they are decades behind, the US defense budget could stop world hunger.
But war is better.
Originally posted by theubermenschSince America is no longer feared I cant see any way forward for America. America is a coward but it is also deluded. I think they will continue to push Iran,Syria,Russia and China. I think the bully will be humiliated for all to see very soon.
Vietnam is referenced ad nauseum as the textbook application of a successful asymmetric guerilla warfare campaign by the history channel crowd that as usual, couldn't be any more incorrect.
Very briefly, U.S. military involvement in Indochina was an example of what happens when a military power with essentially infinite resources loses the context of the purpose of war and the military as a political tool.
U.S. military involvement in S.E. Asia ended January 27, 1973 with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords, of which the North Vietnamese were more than eager signatories.
In Dec of 1972 the United States grew weary of stalled peace negotiations and issued an ultimatum that they unfortunately (for the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) chose to ignore.
What followed was the largest conventional bombing raids the world had seen since the 2nd world war and absolute devastation for the North.
"The Christmas bombings" as they were dubbed by the press saw the large scale strategic employment of the B-52's , in short Richard Nixon tasked the Strategic Air Command to do their job for the first time since the beginning of open hostilities in 1965.
The B-52's laid waste to the entire Northern infrastructure, they bombed the power-plants and factories, they mined Haiphong harbor essentially ending Soviet resupply. After the 5th day the North Vietnamese Air Force and Surface to Air defenses had ceased to exist defaulting total air superiority to the U.S.
In short,12 days of unrestricted strategic bombing brought the DRV to their knees and brought favorable peace terms for Indochina to the Nixon White House with the promise that unrestricted bombing would resume if the North pursued any further aggressions against the South.
Two and a half years later, all U.S. forces have been drawn down and sent home leaving only a token diplomatic contingent of Marines, the leadership in Hanoi (correctly) judged American resolve for any escalation of hostilities to be unacceptable. Taking advantage of domestic political turmoil, the NVA launched a conventional assault into Southern Vietnam.
President Gerald Ford in a televised speech on April 23rd 1975 declared an end to all U.S. aid to South Vietnam.
On April 29th Saigon fell and an estimated half million men,woman and children were butchered by the rampaging NVA
....and the rest is history.
The point being, when U.S. military doctrine was finally correctly applied by the strategists pulling the strings from dark cubby holes in the Pentagon, North Vietnam was asymmetrically bombed into the stone-age over a very brief and brutal 12 days.