8O Rarely.
Which conflict are you speaking? My comments are Vietnam era.
8O Rarely.
The asymmetric and Guerrilla warfare carried out in Vietnam was not carried out by the NVA forces. Who would meet face to face for the most part, and only rarely would the Vietcong, using said warfare tactics meet the US head on, or face to face, as you say.Which conflict are you speaking? My comments are Vietnam era.
The asymmetric and Guerrilla warfare carried out in Vietnam was not carried out by the NVA forces. Who would meet face to face for the most part, and only rarely would the Vietcong, using said warfare tactics meet the US head on, or face to face, as you say.
Vietnam was the beginning of modern Guerrilla warfare.
We can sure tell that the peaceful religions of Christ and the Buddha are dead. Forget about love thy neighbour. Now it's al about us vs. them.
Is China planning a land invasion of Canada anytime soon?
No, one must only use the correct term. If you say face to face to me, (and you should be understanding of my position, you've been there too), you conjure images of Standard modern military square off's of holding a position against an advancing force.Face to face ... aka walk among the enemy and leave presents behind. I forgot ... one must be exactly literal when dealing with folks who refuse to see flaws their war machinery and the money behind it.
Ummm, lets see...ummm...Kenya?...and since the thread deals with China ... who do you suppose instructed NVA AND Vietnamese partisans?
No, one must only use the correct term. If you say face to face to me, (and you should be understanding of my position, you've been there too), you conjure images of Standard modern military square off's of holding a position against an advancing force.
Sending a little girl to lob a grenade into a Medivac Helo, isn't exactly what I'ld call 'face to face'.
And your rhetoric wasn't called for.
Ummm, lets see...ummm...Kenya?
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That isn't (or at least wasn't at one point) as far fetched as it sounds.
The Fraiser River Valley (among others) was mapped very thoroughly
almost half a century ago due to that very fear. The idea was to find
and map potential routes that the Chinese might use in marching
infantry from China through Siberia to Alaska through BC and into the
lower western states of the USA (packing sacks of rice that they'd plant
once they arrived to have a self sufficient food supply). :lol::lol::lol:
It sounds bizarre and far fetched, but plans where in place to prevent that
from happening at one point, assuming they're currently now still in place.8O
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You use your inexact terminology and I'll use mine. It equates to the same thing. A more exact term might be incursion ... and not within the realm of stand-off weaponry.
Which rhetoric might that be? Money? Note thread title. War machinery? Note High-tech toys.
Don't go looking for monsters that aren't there.
Whatever. :roll:You use your inexact terminology and I'll use mine. It equates to the same thing. A more exact term might be incursion ... and not within the realm of stand-off weaponry.
:roll:Which rhetoric might that be? Money? Note thread title. War machinery? Note High-tech toys.
I looked in the closet...all I found were clothes and moths.Don't go looking for monsters that aren't there.
Yes...note the thread title....what exactley does the military spending of China and the U.S. today, have to do with the way the NVA fought 40 years ago?
Do you think technology has stagnated?Only in that US forces expended millions on an enemy that required much less at the financial end. Did you think China wasn't involved?
Only in that US forces expended millions on an enemy that required much less at the financial end. Did you think China wasn't involved?
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again...what does Vietnam have to do with the present day military spending of China and the U.S.? Why bring up Vietnam at all? Why not bring up the Boxer Rebellion? Both the americans and the Chinese were involved in that......
Do you think technology has stagnated?
The only thing stopping the US from steam rolling any country it is presently occupying is the press and the affect it has on those with weak stomachs for actually committing to a really combat mission.
Kind of like WW II, now that was commitment, ne'r to be seen again.
China doesn't worry about bells and whistles. Is it that complicated?
It means a recruit will receive around 1,000 yuan (about 100 euros) a month of basic salary ... while senior colonels get more than 10,000 yuan and major generals up to 18,000 yuan."
Except when a country with a strong military wants what you have. You won't be able to talk them out of conquering you, no time outs or turn the other cheak.
The US never lost a battle in Vietnam. It was lost because of politics. By then war had changed and it was no longer tolerable to completely level all of Hanoi which the US could have done. Rooting them out of Cambodia and Laos had to be done clandestinely for the most part. I certainly have to give the bastards credit though.
Those were the good old days. I remember a total of 2 or 3 suicide buddhists. No one seriously thought they would follow us back to the US. In fact, the biggest threat to the 'homeland' came from American citizens.
They only kicked our butts because of the media. Someday we will relearn how to gag the media again. When a goverment, any government puts it's soldiers in harms way, do not under any circumstances allow the media to help kill them also, they have enough problems to deal with. Don't insult them when they return, in fact praise them for at least having the courage to do something you may not have had the courage to do.
Yep...Did you read technology has stagnated?
You seem to think that high tech stalled in Nam...;-)What good were the high-tech toys in Vietnam?
It's hard to get out from underground, when your buried in rubble.The US can steamroll anyone they want to. That doesn't mean someone isn't going to resent it and hit them from underground. Having to look over your shoulder isn't a win.
Do you think technology has stagnated?
The only thing stopping the US from steam rolling any country it is presently occupying is the press and the affect it has on those with weak stomachs for actually committing to a really combat mission.
Kind of like WW II, now that was commitment, ne'r to be seen again.