Mitch, here is a thing I am pondering as a Vietnam Vet.
The Chinese Communist and Russian ally were sending tens of thousands of tons of military supplies through Haiphong Harbor throughout the conflict. Americans apparently dropped 20,000 tons of bombs on the harbor.
That is nothing to sneeze at, but the harbor was never shut down and rem…
Mitch, here is a thing I am pondering as a Vietnam Vet.
The Chinese Communist and Russian ally were sending tens of thousands of tons of military supplies through Haiphong Harbor throughout the conflict. Americans apparently dropped 20,000 tons of bombs on the harbor.
That is nothing to sneeze at, but the harbor was never shut down and remained active non-stop. Comparatively an estimated 45,517 tons of bombs were dropped on Berlin during World War II.
I don’t have any love of war then or now, but one has to wonder why we allowed the North to have the means to wage war for over 10 years w/ supplies from Communist China and Russia?
Mitch, here is a thing I am pondering as a Vietnam Vet.
The Chinese Communist and Russian ally were sending tens of thousands of tons of military supplies through Haiphong Harbor throughout the conflict. Americans apparently dropped 20,000 tons of bombs on the harbor.
That is nothing to sneeze at, but the harbor was never shut down and remained active non-stop. Comparatively an estimated 45,517 tons of bombs were dropped on Berlin during World War II.
I don’t have any love of war then or now, but one has to wonder why we allowed the North to have the means to wage war for over 10 years w/ supplies from Communist China and Russia?