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bob2356 says

patrick odd, says I'm logged in but posting me as anon

Could be a bug @bob2356

That comment did post as bob2356. So do you mean that it said "Comment as anon_(number)" above the comment box, but nonetheless posted as bob2356?

bob2356 says

These guys could have been easily defeated if the US wasn't trying to run a weasel deal war. Again. . They have been defeated now.

The Persians, Arabs, Mongols, Indians, Soviets, and Americans have all tried to pacify that region. We're talking centuries of attempted and failed invasions by some of the best generals and armies in History.

But if only they had consulted Bob, they may have succeeded.

Goran_K says

AFAIK, the 1st amendment doesn't allow you to stand on a freeway causing potentially dangerous traffic conditions.

And AFAIK, nobody stood on a freeway causing potentially disruptive traffic over Trump being elected.

anon_23b8e says

Pretty absurd. You left out 59 nva batallions and 19 vc battalions. All well equipped by china and russia. Just a tiny small oversight. Plus no more than 20% of the us military was ever committed to vietnam at one time. Welcome to fact free patnet.

Tell me about the NVA Attack Helicopters with IR, the NVA TV Guided Bombs dropped by 100s of bombers, the NVA 105mm Howitzers operating around Saigon.

I've never read a history of the Vietnam War where US Soldiers were complaining about NVA Attack Helicopters or being Napalmed by NVA Bombers. It's mostly ambushes with small arms, grenades, and encountering booby traps.

anon_8f378 says

And AFAIK, nobody stood on a freeway causing potentially disruptive traffic over Trump being elected.

UH yeah, that happened.

http://ucsdguardian.org/2017/11/15/student-hit-by-car-after-entering-freeway-during-election-night-protests-sues-ucsd/

The protests during which Flores was injured began shortly after Donald Trump was announced the projected winner of the 2016 election. Students living in all six colleges gathered on Library Walk and spread throughout campus, chanting criticisms of the president-elect as they moved. The protest then spilled off-campus near the freeway, where demonstrators walked onto the interstate.

TwoScoopsPlissken says

It's mostly ambushes with small arms, grenades, and encountering booby traps.

Yup.

In Afghanistan, the Taliban never directly engaged Abrams tanks or Bradley vehicles.

They laid IEDs with 20 year old Nokia Cellphones as the triggers, and blew them up on the roads, followed by small arms fire as the tankers tried to escape the burning husk.