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2006-06-20 Southeast Asia

U.S. Competes With China for Vietnam's Allegiance

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Posted by tipper 2006-06-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Even pro-China/Chicom mil blogers admit that China STILL is steadily intensifying its level of milfors to its South, positioning the PLA to come up against either VIETNAM andor TAIWAN!?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-06-20 05:18|| 2006-06-20 05:18|| Front Page Top

#2 New meaning to the term "Vietnamization."

Posted by Besoeker 2006-06-20 11:04|| 2006-06-20 11:04|| Front Page Top

#3 China hasn't got a prayer. The Vietnamese have been fighting with them for a thousand years.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-06-20 13:05|| 2006-06-20 13:05|| Front Page Top

#4 At one time in the distant past, a Chinese ethnic had a kingdom that included the area around modern Hanoi. That makes Hanoi and the surrounding countryside part of China, according to certain of the Chinese historical revisionists. The Chinese make the Muslims look like pikers when it comes to "We owned it for a minute, therefore it is ours for eternity" claims. All of which plays into Hanoi's/Politburo's fears of China, and gives the US an edge in the regional competition.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-06-20 18:25|| 2006-06-20 18:25|| Front Page Top

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