Re:War Is Over
by mistermann on Saturday December 24, 2022 @04:52PM
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I believe otherwise: I believe that it takes what it takes, and what it takes is unknown, perhaps due to a lack of trying to determine what it is (it's not exactly a money making undertaking).
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In 1971, when this was originally released, it was the US that prosecuted the Vietnam war. North Vietnam wasn't interested in bringing the war to US soil. It was literally a democratic decision that could have ended it.
It would have ended US involvement. The war would have continued, but locally and briefly. The North was backed by China, and they won as soon as the US pulled out.
The US fear was that it might spread to Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand, which was realistic... And then that it would spread from there to the rest of the world, which was paranoid, stupid, and greedy (being deliberately influenced by major weapons manufacturers).
Re:War Is Over
by mistermann on Monday December 26, 2022 @09:52PM
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This presumes that the US government is actually democratic.