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Some in the US even argued for using nuclear weapons on Vietnam, out of frustration with the lack of progress with conventional war. Imagine how that would hav
by the_af 5y ago
Some in the US even argued for using nuclear weapons on Vietnam, out of frustration with the lack of progress with conventional war.
Imagine how that would have gone -- dropping nukes on the Vietnamese in order to "save" them from Communism.
Thankfully saner minds prevailed.
- IntrepidWorm 5y agoYup. Henry Kissinger was a big part of that nonsense, along with a whole bunch of equally sinister stuff. The cluster bombings of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Korea were in many ways directly the result of his machinations.
- earleybird 5y agoThat reminds me . . . I need to watch Dr. Strangelove again.