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Peter Hitchens

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/2 .@richjackson99 . The US bumbled into Vietnam, persuading itself (absurdly) that an NLF victory would be a global triumph for the USSR, and then couldn't easily stop. The nearest parallel to that is the USSR's equally barmy intervention in Afghanistan. — PolitiTweet.org

Richard Jackson @Rich_Jackson99

@ClarkeMicah Is it me or is this just Vietnam in reverse ? If you take the ‘Soviet’ expansion that Putin is free un… https://t.co/DY9BdZ7U1j

Posted Feb. 1, 2023

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 @rich_jackson99 . I think it is just you. Most of these crises are entirely unique. It actually makes them *harder to understand if you see them as repeats of Munich, Yalta, Vietnam, Iraq etc. — PolitiTweet.org

Richard Jackson @Rich_Jackson99

@ClarkeMicah Is it me or is this just Vietnam in reverse ? If you take the ‘Soviet’ expansion that Putin is free un… https://t.co/DY9BdZ7U1j

Posted Feb. 1, 2023

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@Speak21891638 Perhaps not. Even so, if you say one thing and act as if you thought another, misunderstanding is the politest explanation. And I like to be polite where possible. — PolitiTweet.org

Speak @Speak21891638

@ClarkeMicah The excuses have changed, but this does not imply misunderstanding.

Posted Feb. 1, 2023