• btaf45@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      That isn’t how they saw the situation

      “They” == North Vietnamese propaganda. The actual facts are that colonialism ended 10 full years before the US sent troops to protect South Vietnam. This was a civil war, not a colonial war. It doesn’t matter what North Vietnamese propaganda wants you to think. It matters what reality is. If all your information is coming from youtube you are definitely getting your information from the wrong sources.

      Colonial powers drawing lines on maps has famously been a way to make people happy with outcomes

      Doesn’t apply at all here. The only ‘border’ they were fighting over was the border between North and South Vietnam. And that border was created by North Vietnam, not by any colonialists.

      • jet@hackertalks.com
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        7 months ago

        I’m happy to read better references on the real political situation you can give me.