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Vince Site Admin
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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:42 pm Post subject: A REMINDER IN HISTORY - Vo Nguyen GIAP |
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Vo Nguyen GIAP
This was the bloke who was the 'Senior General' in the Viet Minh mob who defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu im May 1954.
He bobbed up again under Uncle Ho in the 'more recent' Vietnam War.
The Communists won - 'Softly softly catchee monkey' — and the Vietnam War was known in some circles as 'The War of the Flea' by Robert Taber...........
A REMINDER IN HISTORY
General VoNguyen Giap.
General Giap was a brilliant, highly respected leader
of the North Vietnam military. The following quote
is from his memoirs currently found in the
Vietnam war memorial in Hanoi :
'What we still don't understand is why you Americans
stopped the bombing of Hanoi. You had us on the
ropes.. If you had pressed us a little harder,
just for another day or two, we were ready
to surrender! It was the same at the
battle of TET. You defeated us!
We knew it, and we thought
you knew it.
But we were elated to notice your media was
helping us. They were causing more disruption in
America than we could in the battlefields. We
were ready to surrender. You had won!'
General Giap has published his memoirs and confirmed
what most Americans knew. The Vietnam war was not
lost in Vietnam -- it was lost at home. The
same slippery slope, sponsored by the US media,
is currently underway. It exposes the
enormous power of a Biased Media to
cut out the heart and will of
the American public.
A truism worthy of note: ... Do not fear the enemy,
for they can take only your life.
Fear the media,
for they will destroy your honor.
The Guerrilla fights the war of the flea, and his military enemy suffers the
dog's disadvantages: too much to defend, to small, ubiquitous, and agile
an enemy to come to grips with."
The only true wilderness is between the ears of a Green.
Cheers, Vince
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Elvis Super Member
Joined: Jul 27, 2008 Posts: 9261 Location: south island New Zealand
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:20 am Post subject: Re: A REMINDER IN HISTORY - Vo Nguyen GIAP |
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Thanks for that Vince.
The media sure do have alot to answer for.
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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:11 am Post subject: Re: A REMINDER IN HISTORY - Vo Nguyen GIAP |
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Thanks for posting, Vince. Sadly, how true.
_________________ "To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth." - Theodore Roosevelt
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English Mike Super Member
Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 1709 Location: Whitehaven, Cumbria, UK
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 5:43 pm Post subject: Re: A REMINDER IN HISTORY - Vo Nguyen GIAP |
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The thin coverage of Hmong leader General Vang Pao's death & funeral shows the same leftists still dominate the MSM to this day.
He & his people suffered greatly because they fought with the US against the NVA.
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TRBLSHTR Super Member
Joined: Mar 23, 2007 Posts: 1071 Location: Lower 48's-left coast(near portlandia)
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5002 Location: NC foothills
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:41 pm Post subject: Re: A REMINDER IN HISTORY - Vo Nguyen GIAP |
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You might want to read this before posting anything...
www.snopes.com/quotes/giap.asp
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TRBLSHTR Super Member
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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 9:26 pm Post subject: Re: A REMINDER IN HISTORY - Vo Nguyen GIAP |
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Rats, it is tough not to believe the information you "want" to hear! One always has to double check Internet information.
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English Mike Super Member
Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 1709 Location: Whitehaven, Cumbria, UK
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: A REMINDER IN HISTORY - Vo Nguyen GIAP |
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The snopes opinion does nothing to refute the fact that the VC were essentially destroyed post Tet 68 & the NVA demoralised.
The media reports gave fresh hope to the communists when they needed it most.
IMO the war was lost because the "neutrality" of Laos & Cambodia allowed the NVA almost unrestricted passage to the south. Plans were drawn up to block this in 1966 but the political will was missing.
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