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[blackhawks]

Well The GOPERS did accuse Truman of 'losing China', as IF it was ours to lose.


And thus the birth of the execrable 'Domino Theory'. I remember arguing with a conservative in my reserve unit about his 'if we don't fight them there we'll have to fight them in Pasadena.'

(This argument being courageously advanced from the safety of our reserve unit on west Foster Ave in Chicago.)

I suggested that if the Imperial Japanese Navy couldn't sail past Midway without losing aircraft carriers, how the fuck is the non-existent deep water navy of North Vietnam going to fair any better?

Long before the advent of the Intertoobz I was sharpening my mental bayonet.