kurthr 5 days ago

But since that's all been defunded by DOGE then by your own argument, it doesn't count any more. Ignoring history is a good way to repeat it, just because it didn't happen this year.

Do you remember the last Vietnam War? Oh no, not the one you're thinking of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Vietnamese_War

Several hundred thousand Chinese troops invaded Vietnam with 500 tanks in 1979.

  • urmackchually2 5 days ago

    In response to Vietnam invading Cambodia... Yeah...

    That's not exactly imperialist aggression is it?

    • UltraSane 5 days ago

      Vietnam invaded Cambodia in December 1978 primarily to stop relentless border incursions, attacks on villages, and massacres of Vietnamese civilians by the Khmer Rouge regime. This led to the end of Khmer Rouge, which was a VERY GOOD THING. China was HELPING the Khmer Rouge, so yes, it actually was rather "imperialist aggressiony". I haven't encountered a Khmer Rouge apologist in a long time.

      • direwolf20 5 days ago

        Interestingly the same excuse Russia used for invading Donetsk and Lunhansk

        • UltraSane 5 days ago

          The thing about Russia is they lie ALL THE TIME. The Khmer Rouge was actively conducting cross-border raids into Vietnam killing civilians. Ukraine was not attacking Russian territory. The Khmer Rouge killed 1.5-2 million Cambodians (roughly 25% of the population) in a well-documented genocide. Vietnam ended a genocide and withdrew most forces within a decade. Russia annexed territory and continues occupation.

          The situations are not comparable at all.

    • kurthr 5 days ago

      That's not how the Vietnamese see it.