From: Jeff Shultz 

On Fri, 3 Jan 2003 10:17:29 -0000, "Adam Flinton"
 wrote:

>
>"Jeff Shultz"  wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 21:31:10 -0000, "Adam Flinton"
>>  wrote:
>>
>> >You didn't, you just off loaded large tonnages of high explosive onto it
>inc
>> >onto it's cities. Oddly enough my parents went on the
"B52 trail" (my
>name
>> >for it) just before Xmas ( Laos, Thailand, Vietnam &
Cambodia). Very much
>> >enjoyed it.
>> >
>> >Oddly I got a Viet Cong scarf for Xmas as one of my pressies from them.
>> >
>> >Adam
>> >
>> They attacked an ally of the United States (South Vietnam). Anyone
>> have the dates of existence for SEATO?
>
>Hohum. When the French pulled out of Vietnam (singular) the deal was that
>the North / South thing was temporary. It was the politicos& generals of the
>south who decided to break all the agreements because they knew everyone
>would vote for uncle Ho.
>
Admittedly, if the colonial powers had paid attention to Uncle Ho when he
showed up in Paris in 1919 history might have been very different.

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