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2022-10-16 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-16 10:34|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 so they take all the half truths about the war in SE Asia and use them to try to understand Putin, who was trained by the side that ultimately won by getting the US to undermine itself.

I'm very tired this weekend and don't want to look around for my notes on the Cambodian segment of the war.

To make a long story short, neither the Khmer Rouge nor the other "guerilla" movement of the Pathet Lao took over Cambodia until April 1975, when the most recent Russian-provided-tank driven assault by the North overwhelmed the South.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2022-10-16 15:37|| 2022-10-16 15:37|| Front Page Top

#2 (The Pathet Lao, of course, were taking over Laos instead of Cambodia, which they did as soon as the North and Russia no longer needed the illusion of Lao or Cambodian "neutrality" and they had a couple of Tank Divisions free to loan the "guerillas.")

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2022-10-16 17:44|| 2022-10-16 17:44|| Front Page Top

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