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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:20:28 GMT, Gunner
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 02:18:41 GMT, (Thom)
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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 09:04:38 GMT, Gunner
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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 08:02:02 GMT, (Thom)
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On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 17:58:59 -0700, "Dan"
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"Gunner" wrote in message
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On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 23:08:12 -0700, "Dan"
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"Gunner" wrote in message
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On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 04:12:11 GMT, Nicholas Heyward
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Gunner wrote:
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 19:40:30 GMT, Nicholas Heyward
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During Viet Nam they said we couldn't just leave Viet Nam,
the evil
north Viet Namese
would bring chaos and death to the south.
The truth is they brought peace.
Sure they did.
First they killed or imprisioned most of the surviving Viet
Cong,
along with anyone who worked for the Americans.
Finishing off Tet.
Tet ended in 1968 as a horrific defeat for the Communists.
But, then, our Civil War was ever so delicate an affair.
Thread change?
Then they ****ed off the Chinese who had to kick their ass
several
times, as well as ****ing off a number of their neighbors who
also
kicked their ass.
Not much of a student of history, I guess. The Vietnamese and
Chinese have been pretty much at war for centuries...
Yes and? They have also been buddies. The two rounds that dinged
me
were manufactured in China, as were the grenades.
That's why they laughed so hard when US newpapers portrayed
them as Chinese puppets!
Dan
The Vietnamese and Chinese have had a love/hate relationship for
many
years.
Still doesnt refute my statements, and you still look like an utter
dickhead. As does Haywierd.
And the Vietnamese and the Chinese are still Communists.
so not living in communes and having free market economies makes you a
coummunist??? What an interesting thought process.
THOM
Of course not. But then eating pussy doesn't make you a lesbian unless
you are female.
Thom old wank..do you somehow think that Communism simply dried up and
died with Marx?
Nope its still around, its call THE CHURCH. String central unelected
leader and people living communally in things called convents and
monistaries.
So Communalism, is the same as Communism?
almost but in the case of the church its almost text book communism.
1. Strong central unelected leader
2. All activity and priorities dictated from above.
3. People moved around as needed against their will
4. everyone living together communally
Sounds like the USSR to me? And lets not forget that the Church has
been responsible for more wars and invasions that the USSR ever was.
Odd..Im sure most Native
American tribes will be really upset that the history books got it
wrong. As will the ghosts of Comrade Marx and Lenin.
I'm sure the only things the native americans will be concerned about
is the 20 million of their number we killed and or enslaved in 200
years or so of invasion and westward expansion. If Marx and Lenin are
proud of anyone its the people who did the killing at Wounded Knee,
Sand Creek and the like.
But of course if your going to bring up communalism/communism of the
native americans then I thank you. Till whitie came along they were
doing quite well.
Are you the same ****ing moron that made the claim
that the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics was not Communist?
Nope, but it was also Stalinist. Please read up and learn what that
is.
Blink Blink...it was Communism run by Unca Yosef Stalin, who came to
power in 1924, quite a few years after the death of Lenin, who took
over the country in 1917.
your dates are a hair off and its now believed that Stalin poisoned
Lenin.
That Cuba is not a Communist Country?
correct, Cuba doesn't have communes. It turned to the USSR for help
when the right wingers in the USA supporting the Mafia and big
business turned against a popular revolution. It is a socialist state
but not a communist. There is a big difference.
Once again your grasp on geopolitical realpolitiks is so feeble to be
embaressing.
your failure to understand the difference between socialism and
communism is embarrassing.
That North Vietnam was not Communist?
correct. The North never really existed and is an artificial entity
created by the UN as a tempory state untill elections were held. Same
with the south. Nixon and Ike refused to hold free elections in March
1955 and Ho said I've had it and turned to whoever would aid him. He
would have been a card carrying raindeer if Santa had supplied him
with arms. He was first and foremost a Nationalists
And he became a Communist in France where he was schooled. While he
was indeed a nationalist..he was also a firm beliver that Communism
was the future.
Then why didn't he turn the North into one big commune? Also theres a
big bifference between the type of communism preached in the USSR and
in France. Communism is much like christianity, many flavors of it.
I don't look at labels, I look at actions.
You have to understand that everyone that waved the red flag was a
real commie. Look at Tito, he told Stalin to get bent how many times?
Disagreements between Communists was quite common. God knows they
purged each other at regular intervals. And of course the border wars
between Red China and Russia were common and bloody.
But that goes against what we were brainwashed with in the 50's in
school. We were taught that theres one central head of communism and
all communists take their orders from Moscow. We were taught that if
the USSR goes away, all communism goes away and we must defeat Moscow.
Tito proved that wrong and now of course the USSR is gone so if one
persists in saying there's still commies under your bed the question
must be asked... "were you lieing then or now?"
That Uncle Ho was not Communist?
see above
I see your dreck above.
Pragmatic uses of capitalist tools to earn hard currency doesnt make
them Capitalists, when their core Dilectic remains Communist, any
more than my shooting a 1891 Mosin Nagant makes me Communist.
Hold on. Communism is an economic model. It basically says that
people should work as a group for group good and the physical
expression is places like a collective farm. But even those farms had
to deal with money or some method of exchange. Pure communism is
quite old and the first 2000 years of the Egyptian Empire was
communist in that respect. People all had good homes (for the day),
ate the same food and when the farms were not in use seasonally they
wored on public works.
You keep confusing Communalism with Communism. While they share some
commonalities..they are not the same by any stretch of your twisted
imagination.
I imagine you also confuse Liberalism (neo) with Libertarianism.
Correct?
Not really, just labels. The ultra right wing party in Australia for
instance calls themselves the LIBERAL PARTY. Even the name of their
party is a lie. Protestants are now calling themselves Christians,
right wingers are calling themselves liberals etc etc etc. Better to
see what they do than say.
Viet Nam has currency, people have jobs, many of the companies there
are actually swet shops for western compabies like NIKE. There are 9
political parties and free market socialism is the norm now.
The actual current name of Vietnam is
"Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam "
And can you tell me what the word "Cong" in the name means?
same BS as the LIBERAL PARTY name.
(hint..it means Communist)
It wasnt until Party changes in its Politbureau liberalized trade that
the country even thought about getting some relief from its decades
long economic trip into the toilet.
Really? Been there? I have. VN traded freely with the soviet bloc
and its neighbors from day one. The Cambodian things caused problems
of course but the same people trading along the borders during the war
continued to do so after it. China was their big problem and the
Viets didn't like the Chinese communists at all and the border was
closed for years.
The issue with the USSR is that something needed to be done to drag
Russia etc out of the Tzarist stone age where 90% of the population
was peasants and illiterate. Hence the 5 year plans and central
planning. Stalin was a ******* of course but someone had to take the
reins and make a decision as how to bring the country up to western
standards. I disagree with the methods as any sane person would but
it worked. It might have been a necessary evil, same with China.
Since we can't re-run the experiment we will never know will we.
It worked? Russia is up to Western Standards, after 80 yrs of
Communist control? Really?
In some ways yes but where would it be if someone had not toppled the
Tzar? Russian military tecjnology actually exceeds ours. The SU-30
is the best operation fighter in the world,
You're comparing a twelve year-old Russian plane to 30+ year old American
F-15's. The F-22 is far superior to the SU-30.
their "Black Eagle" tank
is better than anything we have
Why? Because it has a bigger gun? It needed that bigger gun because the
old T-72 125mm rounds were bouncing off our Abrams at 400 yards in Operation
Desert Storm. Our M1A2's have better fire control, better crew
survivability, and an IVIS system that allows each tank to effectively "see"
what the other M1A2 tanks are seeing.
their Kornet missile goes thru
American tanks like butter without using DU,
Only on a rear attack...and only before the military upgraded the
rear-defense armor. But not anymore.
Anyhow, the tanks that were hit by the Kornet were disabled, but not
destroyed. The crews survived. ;-)