>> Vietnam: all of you would be in jail
And your point is. . .?
In a good number of countries you woudn’t go to jail… so what ?
Wait. This is not paint-by-numbers. I did not bring up Vietnam. It was posited that Vietnam was an example of a little nationalist socialist pariadise, or whatever.
Vietnam has unrest, and no political freedom whatsoever, right now.
We should give up because Iraq has unrest that we can “never” stop? Boo-fucking-hoo, cry me a river. Put in two more divisions and guard the borders. Leaving = total chaos and even more deaths. We’ve learned this lesson ding Vietnam.
As I’ve just said in another thread, think Afghanistan circa 1980 and all that radicalised Muslim youth pouring in from all points to fight the occuypying superpower (USSR) with weapons supplied by the other superpower( the US), including a young Saudi by the name of Osama.
If this lot get decent weapons and lots of 'em (presumably Chinese), the US will have to walk and the neo-cons will have to leave the oil behind.
I doubt the Chinese will deliver, but that’s your analogy.
… plus I don’t think the chinese even need to deliver. Local supplies with a bit of contraband is enough.