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10. They had it also when Viet Nam kicked it's butt twice after the US (with it's "most powerful army in the world") ...

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #9)

Sat Jan 3, 2026, 10:22 AM

Jan 2026

... retreated.

Even the Chinese understood involving itself in Asian war was not the best idea.

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