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Ah, Feej made a funny! Ha ha HA! "BUSH league". It's funny because it's like the president's name.
Socrates, huh? Yep, a second-rate thinker to be sure.
Seriously, is this the sort of deep debate that goes on over at Maxy's think-tank? I thought it was all just the 5 or 6 of you bad-mouthing people from other boards.
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That all you got FPM?...nasty name calling?...And damn straight Socrates was a second rate thinker...first rate thinkers being those that find the problem and then fix it...even a simpleton like yourself can see the difference no?...and the "bush" league comment was not a play on the president's name...it was a reference to you being a pussy...
Sup now dog?...you wanna go?
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Joey wrote:
Finally !
Wow! I didn't even notice!
Should I take a victory lap? |
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FPM C10 wrote:
Wow! I didn't even notice!
Should I take a victory lap?
Nah , just smoke some dope instead .
W- W- W- What ?!?! .......Oh , sure ! :
1967
Operation Cedar Falls Begins
In a major ground war effort dubbed Operation Cedar Falls, about 16,000 US and 14,000 South Vietnamese troops set out to destroy Vietcong operations and supply sites near Saigon. A massive system of tunnels is discovered in an area called the Iron Triangle, an apparent headquarters for Vietcong personnel.
Bunker Replaces Cabot Lodge as South Vietnam Ambassador
Martin Luther King Speaks Out Against War
Calling the US "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world," Martin Luther King publicly speaks out against US policy in Vietnam. King later encourages draft evasion and suggests a merger between antiwar and civil rights groups.
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Fiji Joe wrote:
That all you got FPM?...nasty name calling?...And damn straight Socrates was a second rate thinker...first rate thinkers being those that find the problem and then fix it...even a simpleton like yourself can see the difference no?...and the "bush" league comment was not a play on the president's name...it was a reference to you being a pussy...
Sup now dog?...you wanna go?
WOW. Please don't HURT me, Mr. Fiji Joe! Please!! I'm beggin' ya!
Fer crissakes, talking to you people is like talking to rocks. I didn't call ANYBODY a "nasty name" - um, like "pussy" or "simpleton".
Did you get mad because you didn't realize that the term "bush league" reflected badly on your idol? Well, I can see why you'd get so irate. It was wrong of me to exploit that weakness. If you actually said it to mean I was a "pussy" (hey, we're back on the playground again! Don't break the ball!)then you failed miserably.
But you're right, I unfairly characterized Maxy's board - it's actually at least 7 or 8 of you talking shit about people on other boards.
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Dow Recruiters Driven From Wisconsin Campus
University of Wisconsin students demand that corporate recruiters for Dow Chemical -- producers of napalm -- not be allowed on campus.
McNamara Calls Bombing Ineffective
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, appearing before a Senate subcommittee, testifies that US bombing raids against North Vietnam have not achieved their objectives. McNamara maintains that movement of supplies to South Vietnam has not been reduced, and neither the economy nor the morale of the North Vietnamese has been broken.
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WOW. Please don't HURT me, Mr. Fiji Joe! Please!! I'm beggin' ya!
Fer crissakes, talking to you people is like talking to rocks. I didn't call ANYBODY a "nasty name" - um, like "pussy" or "simpleton".
Did you get mad because you didn't realize that the term "bush league" reflected badly on your idol? Well, I can see why you'd get so irate. It was wrong of me to exploit that weakness. If you actually said it to mean I was a "pussy" (hey, we're back on the playground again! Don't break the ball!)then you failed miserably.
But you're right, I unfairly characterized Maxy's board - it's actually at least 7 or 8 of you talking shit about people on other boards.
in an effort to promote peace, i give you todays Pug of the Day . His name is Matt:
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BREAKING NEWS
The Associated Press
Updated: 3:02 p.m. ET March 16, 2005WASHINGTON - Amid the backdrop of soaring oil and gasoline prices, a sharply divided Senate on Wednesday voted to open the ecologically rich Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling, delivering a major energy policy win for President Bush.
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January 1968
Sihanouk Allows Pursuit of Vietcong into Cambodia
North Vietnamese Launch Tet Offensive
In a show of military might that catches the US military off guard, North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces sweep down upon several key cities and provinces in South Vietnam, including its capital, Saigon. Within days, American forces turn back the onslaught and recapture most areas. From a military point of view, Tet is a huge defeat for the Communists, but turns out to be a political and psychological victory. The US military's assessment of the war is questioned and the "end of tunnel" seems very far off.
February
Battle for Hue
The Battle for Hue wages for 26 days as US and South Vietnamese forces try to recapture the site seized by the Communists during the Tet Offensive. Previously, a religious retreat in the middle of a war zone, Hue was nearly leveled in a battle that left nearly all of its population homeless. Following the US and ARVN victory, mass graves containing the bodies of thousands of people who had been executed during the Communist occupation are discovered.
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FPM C10 wrote:
WOW. Please don't HURT me, Mr. Fiji Joe! Please!! I'm beggin' ya!
Fer crissakes, talking to you people is like talking to rocks. I didn't call ANYBODY a "nasty name" - um, like "pussy" or "simpleton".
Did you get mad because you didn't realize that the term "bush league" reflected badly on your idol? Well, I can see why you'd get so irate. It was wrong of me to exploit that weakness. If you actually said it to mean I was a "pussy" (hey, we're back on the playground again! Don't break the ball!)then you failed miserably.
But you're right, I unfairly characterized Maxy's board - it's actually at least 7 or 8 of you talking shit about people on other boards.
The name calling I was referring to were the posts you reponded to Glencar...maybe you wanna read them again...this is not the first time you have implied that you are a free thinker and that the person with whom you are conversing is something less than that...and certainly not the first time you addressed someone's opinion with a trite, "knee-jerk" criticism gathered from a Michael Moore's weblog...by all means...feel free to take any political discussion you have to Maxy's political board where I will personally make you my love chump...
That's right...I'm calling you out...don't be yella
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voodoopug wrote:
in an effort to promote peace, i give you todays Pug of the Day . His name is Matt:
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Matt sucks...He looks gay and smelly...what's more, he probably has no idea who his father is |
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Fiji Joe wrote:
Matt sucks...He looks gay and smelly...what's more, he probably has no idea who his father is
I like Pug of the Day Matt !!!!!!!
I DO !!!!! .... I really like him .................
W- W- W- What ?!?!?! .............Oh , :
Westmoreland Requests 206,000 More Troops
My Lai Massacre
On March 16, the angry and frustrated men of Charlie Company, 11th Brigade, Americal Division entered the village of My Lai. "This is what you've been waiting for -- search and destroy -- and you've got it," said their superior officers. A short time later the killing began. When news of the atrocities surfaced, it sent shockwaves through the US political establishment, the military's chain of command, and an already divided American public.
March
LBJ Announces He Won't Run
With his popularity plummeting and dismayed by Senator Eugene McCarthy's strong showing in the New Hampshire primary, President Lyndon Johnson stuns the nation and announces that he will not be a candidate for re-election.
April
MLK Slain in Memphis
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| March 16th, 2005 03:40 PM |
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Man, Fleabit's taking it on the chin today! Nuance & all. If you think that Hunter bit was original in any sense, you should read the National Review Online. It's free & you'll actually see some funny & original writing. You'll even see conservatives disagree with each other. And they'll put the Shit Party in the can every time. I love having control of the three major elective branches of government. Things are finally getting done & let's just hope SSC & Medicaid reform (and let's not forget those federal judges!) all get done this year too. No wonder you've become so surly, nasty & angry. |
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May
Paris Peace Talks Begin
Following a lengthy period of debate and discussion, North Vietnamese and American negotiators agree on a location and start date of peace talks. Talks are slated to begin in Paris on May 10 with W. Averell Harriman representing the United States, and former Foreign Minister Xuan Thuy heading the North Vietnamese delegation.
June
Robert Kennedy Assassinated
August
Upheaval at Democratic Convention in Chicago
As the frazzled Democratic party prepares to hold its nominating convention in Chicago, city officials gear up for a deluge of demonstrations. Mayor Richard Daley orders police to crackdown on antiwar protests. As the nation watched on television, the area around the convention erupts in violence.
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| March 16th, 2005 03:43 PM |
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The Shit Party started coming apart in '68. '08's gonna be lotsa fun. |
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November
Richard Nixon Elected President
Running on a platform of "law and order," Richard Nixon barely beats out Hubert Humphrey for the presidency. Nixon takes just 43.4 percent of the popular vote, compared to 42.7 percent for Humphrey. Third-party candidate George Wallace takes the remaining percentage of votes.
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"Man, Fleabit's taking it on the chin today! Nuance & all."
Yes. He looks out on his feet. |
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1969
Nixon Begins Secret Bombing of Cambodia
In an effort to destroy Communist supply routes and base camps in Cambodia, President Nixon gives the go-ahead to "Operation Breakfast." The covert bombing of Cambodia, conducted without the knowledge of Congress or the American public, will continue for fourteen months.
Policy of "Vietnamization" Announced
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird describes a policy of "Vietnamization" when discussing a diminishing role for the US military in Vietnam. The objective of the policy is to shift the burden of defeating the Communists onto the South Vietnamese Army and away from the United States.
Ho Chi Minh Dies at Age 79
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Fiji Joe wrote:
Matt sucks...He looks gay and smelly...what's more, he probably has no idea who his father is
your disgust and lack of respect for pugs has deeply affected me, and my feelings are hurt.
Joey: you are an inspiration to us all!
for you my young joey:
Nixon, Richard Milhous (1913-1994), 37th president of the United States (1969-1974), and the only president to have resigned from office.
He was elected president of the United States in 1968 in one of the closest presidential elections in the nation’s history and in 1972 was reelected in a landslide victory. Nixon’s second administration, however, was consumed by the growing Watergate scandal, which eventually forced him to resign to avoid impeachment. Nixon was the second youngest vice president in U.S. history and the first native of California to become either vice president or president.
II Early Life
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Nixon was born in 1913 in Yorba Linda, California, the second of five sons of Francis Anthony Nixon and Hannah Milhous Nixon. The Nixons were Scots-Irish and the Milhouses, of Irish and English descent, were members of the Society of Friends, more commonly known as Quakers.
Richard Nixon attended public schools in Whittier, California, and went to Whittier College, a Quaker institution, where he majored in history. He won a scholarship to Duke University Law School and received his law degree in 1937. Nixon joined an established law firm in Whittier and there met his future wife, Thelma (“Pat”) Ryan. They married on June 21, 1940, and had two daughters: Patricia, born in 1946, and Julie, born in 1948.
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Early in World War II (1939-1945), Nixon worked for six months in the Office of Emergency Management, an experience that, he later said, disillusioned him with bureaucracy. He then joined the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant, was assigned to the Naval Air Transport Command, and spent most of his service on a South Pacific island. He left the service in 1946 as a lieutenant commander.
III Early Political Career
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A United States Congressman
In 1946 Nixon was persuaded by California Republicans to be their candidate to challenge the popular Democratic Congressman Jerry Voorhis for his seat in the United States House of Representatives. Nixon’s campaign was an example of the vigorous and aggressive style characteristic of his political career. He accused Voorhis of being “soft” on Communism. In 1946, when the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was just beginning, the charge that Voorhis did not sufficiently oppose Communism was damaging. The two men confronted each other in a series of debates, and Voorhis was forced into a defensive position. Nixon won the election by a vote of 65,586 to 49,994.
As a new member of the Congress of the United States, Nixon gained valuable experience in international affairs while serving on a special committee that helped establish the European Recovery Program. Under this program, also known as the Marshall Plan, the United States helped pay for a cooperative, long-term rebuilding program in Europe following the war. Nixon also served on the House Education and Labor Committee, where he helped draft the Taft-Hartley Act on labor-management relations. The act outlawed union shops (workplaces where everyone had to join the union); prohibited such union tactics as secondary boycotts; forbade unions to contribute to political campaigns; established loyalty oaths for union leaders; and allowed court orders to halt strikes that could affect national health or safety (see National Labor Relations Act).
As a member of the Un-American Activities Committee, Nixon personally pressed the investigation of Alger Hiss, a high State Department official. Hiss had been accused of being a Communist by writer and editor Whittaker Chambers, who testified before the committee in 1948. Chambers said that he himself had been a Communist in the 1920s and 1930s and a courier in transmitting secret information to Soviet agents. Chambers charged that Hiss was also a Communist, and that he had turned classified documents over to Chambers to be sent to the USSR. Hiss denied the charges, but Chambers produced microfilm copies of documents that were later identified as classified papers belonging to the Departments of State, Navy, and War, some apparently annotated by Hiss in his own handwriting. The Department of Justice conducted its own investigation, and Hiss was indicted for perjury, or lying under oath. The jury failed to reach a verdict, but Hiss was convicted after a second trial in January 1950 (see Hiss Case). During the investigation Nixon gained a national reputation as a dedicated enemy of Communism and in 1948, he was reelected to Congress after winning both the Republican and Democratic nominations.
B United States Senator
In 1950 the Republicans chose Nixon as their candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. His opponent was the liberal Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas. In another bitterly fought campaign, Nixon linked her voting record with that of the American-Labor-Party congressman from New York, Vito Marcantonio, who was widely regarded as pro-Communist. Nixon won the election by 680,000 votes.
In 1952 Nixon was selected to be the running mate of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who had won the Republican presidential nomination. Shortly after Nixon’s vice-presidential nomination, however, it was reported that a fund had been collected to meet his expenses as a senator. His critics implied that he was supported by “favor-seeking millionaires.” No evidence was produced that Nixon had misused the fund or given special favors to contributors, but many of Eisenhower’s advisers wanted Nixon to resign his candidacy. In response Nixon made an impassioned reply on national television in a speech known as the “Checkers” speech because it contained a sentimental reference to Nixon’s dog, Checkers. The speech included a full disclosure of his personal finances, and Eisenhower then kept him as his running mate. In the campaign that followed, Nixon once again attacked the Democrats and their presidential candidate, Illinois Governor Adlai E. Stevenson, as soft on Communism. The Eisenhower-Nixon ticket won a resounding victory. In 1956, Eisenhower and Nixon were reelected, after Nixon survived an attempt by some Republicans to replace him.
C Vice President
Much of Nixon’s time as vice president was spent in representing the president before Congress and on trips abroad as a goodwill ambassador. On these tours Nixon was occasionally the target of anti-U.S. feelings. During a tour of South America in May 1958, for example, the cars carrying Nixon and his escort were assaulted by stone-throwing Venezuelans near the Caracas airport.
Nixon’s most dramatic confrontation abroad took place when he visited the USSR in July 1959 to open a U.S. exhibition in Moscow. Nixon escorted Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev through a model U.S. kitchen. In front of the television cameras, Khrushchev then found himself in a debate with Nixon over the relative merits of the United States and Communist systems. Parts of what became known as the “kitchen debate” were later broadcast on television in both the USSR and the United States. On the final day of his visit, Nixon made an unprecedented address on Soviet television.
D Election of 1960
As President Eisenhower neared the end of his second term, his vice president emerged as his logical successor, and the president endorsed Nixon in March. Nixon received an impressive vote in party primaries, and at the Republican National Convention, held in Chicago in July, he received all but ten of the delegates’ votes on the first ballot. Nixon chose as his running mate the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts. An unusual feature of the campaign was a series of four televised face-to-face discussions between Nixon and his Democratic opponent, Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Kennedy was widely regarded as the winner of the debates, which helped him win the election.
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Even with the debates, the popular vote in November was extremely close. Both candidates received more than 34 million votes, and Kennedy beat Nixon by only 112,803. Because of the way the popular vote was distributed, however, the vote in the electoral college was 303 for Kennedy to 220 for Nixon |
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These are tough times for those folks. I was gratified to see that we'll be getting more gas from Alaska! |
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Bizarro JB wrote:
"Man, Fleabit's taking it on the chin today! Nuance & all."
Yes. He looks out on his feet.
Yessuh...dat cracka shoulda neva stepped in da ring wit dat colered man |
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News of My Lai Massacre Reaches US
Through the reporting of journalist Seymour Hersh, Americans read for the first time of the atrocities committed by Lt. William Calley and his troops in the village of My Lai. At the time the reports were made public, the Army had already charged Calley with the crime of murder.
Massive Antiwar Demonstration in DC
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| March 16th, 2005 03:48 PM |
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Yessuh...dat cracka shoulda neva stepped in da ring wit dat colered man
SUP REMY ( Martin ) |
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SUP REMY ( Martin )
Shad da fog up |
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1970
Sihanouk Ousted in Cambodia
Prince Sihanouk's attempt to maintain Cambodia's neutrality while war waged in neighboring Vietnam forced him to strike opportunistic alliances with China, and then the United States. Such vacillating weakened his government, leading to a coup orchestrated by his defense minister, Lon Nol.
Kent State Incident
National Guardsmen open fire on a crowd of student antiwar protesters at Ohio's Kent State University, resulting in the death of four students and the wounding of eight others. President Nixon publicly deplores the actions of the Guardsmen, but cautions: "...when dissent turns to violence it invites tragedy." Several of the protesters had been hurling rocks and empty tear gas canisters at the Guardsmen.
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| March 16th, 2005 04:04 PM |
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Fiji Joe wrote:
The name calling I was referring to were the posts you reponded to Glencar...maybe you wanna read them again...
Oh. Sorry - since you didn't mention Glencar, I assumed you were talking about what I said to YOU.
How stupid of me.
OK, let's see...Glencar...yadda yadda yadda....
Oooh, you're right...I called Glencar "Pee Wee". It's understandable that he would be reduced to tears and unable to defend himself from this kind of verbal barrage - a veritable "shock and awe" campaign! - and that you would have to go to bat for him. I'm SORRY, gentle Glencar. I didn't mean "Pee Wee" to come out sounding like "pussy" or "simpleton". I was referring to Pee Wee Herman, the TV character, whose catch phrase was "I know you are but what am I?" Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Now call off your boyfriend. He's all frothed up and his jiggling manboobs are making me queasy.
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Fiji Joe wrote:
this is not the first time you have implied that you are a free thinker and that the person with whom you are conversing is something less than that...and certainly not the first time you addressed someone's opinion with a trite, "knee-jerk" criticism gathered from a Michael Moore's weblog...
I have never visited Michael Moore's website. I would certainly not be ashamed of it if I did. My opinions are my own. I think Moore is a talented propagandist, and funny as hell. I like his movies and I liked his TV shows. You know, the ones where he gave Bill Clinton a hard time.
You guys should get someone like him for your side.
I did visit a HST site to get the Nixon quote, because I didn't want to get it wrong.
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Fiji Joe wrote:
by all means...feel free to take any political discussion you have to Maxy's political board where I will personally make you my love chump...
That's right...I'm calling you out...don't be yella
Oh, I get it - an elaborate ploy to get some new posters over at Casa de Maxy! Well, I can see why you guys would be desperate, but no thanks. That "political board" is pretty sad. "Oooh, the March of Democracy! And we get to watch!" "Yes, that George W. Bush is a great man! He makes me wet!" etc.
Hey, aren't you going to congratulate me on reaching 1000 posts?
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Kissinger and Le Duc Begin Secret Talks
Number of US Troops Falls to 280K
1971
Lt. Calley Convicted of Murder
Pentagon Papers Published
A legacy of deception, concerning US policy in Vietnam, on the part of the military and the executive branch is revealed as the New York Times publishes the Pentagon Papers. The Nixon administration, eager to stop leaks of what they consider sensitive information, appeals to the Supreme Court to halt the publication. The Court decides in favor the Times and allows continued publication.
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I am troubled by your reference to me as "Pee Wee." Again, you fail to grasp any sense of reality when dealing with politics. HST was just another blowhard & not evry original after ,oh, 1972. That quote was just vile nastiness (the Nixon's death one) and I'm amazed anyone would see anything good in it. I agree with you that the politics side of Maxy's board is lame. It started off well but the libs went scampering away & you can't just keep congratulating each other. Still & all, Bush has done a masterful job & things are going our way & it's astonishing that even some churlish lefties like Dan Schorr are starting to acknowledge same. Brand new day, it seems. |
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Actually...I reffered to Maxy's political board to spare this forum from your public beat-down...but if you're willing to call me daddy...right here in front of all...I will spare you...Now...who's your daddy? |
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Oh & congrats on 100 posts, if that's still allowed. |
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Nixon Announces Plans to Visit China
In a move that troubles the North Vietnamese, President Nixon announces his intention to visit The People's Republic of China. Nixon's gesture toward China is seen by the North Vietnamese as an effort to create discord between themselves and their Chinese allies.
Thieu Re-elected in South Vietnam
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