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1. I don't accept the idea that the Vietnam war was

Fri Aug 22, 2014, 01:29 PM

Aug 2014

about stopping the spread of communism.
I think it was fought over access to the oil off the Gulf of Tonkin.

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History repeating itself? For years, many Americans (including top policy makers) [View all] hedgehog Aug 2014 OP

I don't accept the idea that the Vietnam war was upaloopa Aug 2014 #1

And oddly enough, all these years later, the oil companies hedgehog Aug 2014 #2