[PGR88]

The cold war was real and the collapse of the soviet union resolved many of the world’s problems (and created new ones)

Vietnam was a poor, worthless country - completely outside the original idea of “containment.” The US had no overriding strategic interest there.

The great irony is - we left Vietnam alone for 25 years after 1975, and now its a developing, friendly, and Pro-American place

That should be a lesson for corrupt MIC neocons in DC

[Regulator]

“The great irony is - we left Vietnam alone for 25 years after 1975, and now its a developing, friendly, and Pro-American place”

It’s amazing what being Communist for a few decades will do to a population. If they have any brains at all they realize straight away that the system is inane and doesn’t work. Right about the time they’re standing in line for the one loaf of bread left on the shelf!

After that they can’t wait to get rid of the peckerheads that did that to them

[mass55th]

"Vietnam was a poor, worthless country - completely outside the original idea of “containment.” The US had no overriding strategic interest there."

I don't know about poor, but as far as the rest, you could be talking about Ukraine. Vietnam was a proxy war with Russia and China. Ukraine is a proxy war, and who knows, but China could also be involved in some form.