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Exactly. Korea itself of course has been dealing with communists. Burma and Laos had communist insurgencies. The CP of Laos, too, is an offshoot of the Vietnam
by mafribe 11y ago
Exactly. Korea itself of course has been dealing with communists.
Burma and Laos had communist insurgencies. The CP of Laos, too, is an offshoot of the Vietnamese CP.
Most of Africa and South America had strong communist parties too.
It's quite simple. The CI (communist internatinal) was a world-imperialist organisation, and was trying to take over governments all over the world, following the Leninist model that had been 'successful' in Russia.
- scarmig 11y agoI look at it more in terms of concrete, material support: if you're geographically near a Communist state, that Communist state has a strong interest in undermining your government for its own ends. It's also far easier for them to supply material and men, rely on social networks to diffuse propaganda, etc. A Communist Vietnam IMO makes a Communist Indonesia and even India much more likely (which would be a disaster on a huge scale); South Africa or Peru, though, next to no effect, or maybe even a negative effect. The real genius of Kissinger was realizing the abstraction of a unified Communist block was pretty faulty, and national interests superseded any ideological fidelity to the Communist cause.
- mafribe 11y agorealizing the abstraction of a unified Communist block was pretty faulty, and national interests superseded any ideological fidelity to the Communist cause. Interesting perspective. I think sino-soviet split, which was ideological, not nationalist, led Viet Nam to align with Moscow and Pol Pot with Beijing. This split was exploited.