YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldBanned to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · vor 2 JahrenUS destroyer shoots down drone flying toward it in the Red Sea, defending itself in uneasy waterswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square81linkfedilinkarrow-up1283arrow-down111cross-posted to: military@lemmy.world
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minus-squareYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldBannedOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down5·vor 2 JahrenThe Vietnam War started long before that.
minus-squareBernie_Sandals@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·vor 2 JahrenThe French-Vietnamese part of the war did. The justification for heavy American involvement was the Gulf of Tonkin false flag.
minus-squareYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldBannedOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·vor 2 JahrenThat was when the war went public, but the US was pretty involved prior to it.
minus-squareBernie_Sandals@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·vor 2 JahrenOkay, but not with massive amounts of troops on the ground doing frontline fighting. The justification for that came from Tonkin.
minus-squareYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldBannedOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·vor 2 JahrenThat was the public war, yes.
minus-squareBernie_Sandals@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·vor 2 JahrenIf you have a source for there being a large-scale frontline american involvement, or anything beyond advisors or the air force before Tonkin, then I’m all ears.
minus-squareYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldBannedOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·vor 2 JahrenThere wasn’t a large scale, it was just secret operations.
minus-squareBernie_Sandals@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·vor 2 JahrenOkay… but that’s not the start of the American Vietnam War. That was America covertly aiding the French in their war.
The Vietnam War started long before that.
The French-Vietnamese part of the war did. The justification for heavy American involvement was the Gulf of Tonkin false flag.
That was when the war went public, but the US was pretty involved prior to it.
Okay, but not with massive amounts of troops on the ground doing frontline fighting. The justification for that came from Tonkin.
That was the public war, yes.
If you have a source for there being a large-scale frontline american involvement, or anything beyond advisors or the air force before Tonkin, then I’m all ears.
There wasn’t a large scale, it was just secret operations.
Okay… but that’s not the start of the American Vietnam War. That was America covertly aiding the French in their war.