I missed the staff meeting but the minutes show Gunner
wrote back on Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:31:40 GMT
in misc.survivalism :

That's why they laughed so hard when US newpapers portrayed
them as Chinese puppets!

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.

My observation of events in that area in the late 1970s was that having
eliminated the running dog capitalists, it was time for the Fraternal
Socialists Brothers to get back to what has always been important: tribal
warfare. With the Viet trying to bring Civilization to the Khymer, and
the Chinese once again attempting to bring the benefits of the Mandate of
Heaven to their wayward 'little brothers'.

Never underestimate the ability for tribalism to express itself in_any_
perfect system.

Sat Cong!

What he said.

Gunner

p.s. just heard a variation on your observation about opinions. "Their
like armpits: everybody has a couple and they both stink!"

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pyotr filipivich
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