Julia Thompson wrote:
>
>(The sending of US troops to the Balkans resurrected the Vietnam specter
>to some degree, but that's not being remembered as sharply as the Gulf
>War now.  At least, that's how I'm reading it now.)
>
The Vietnam specter is alive even here in South America. When the USA
published its plan for Colombia, the discussion was based on "this is how
Vietnam started: arming South Vietnam to fight the Commies, then
invading neighbouring states, and then a full-scale war with the invasion
of USA troops and USA chemical weapons"

Alberto Monteiro


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