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U.S. will be absent from Vietnam's war anniversary parade. (www.npr.org)
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Losers uninvited themselves this year.

Happy reunification day to Vietnam!

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

The US century of humiliation getting a running start lately holy shit

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's some serious top dog move to invite the losers to your celebration lmao.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Maybe they can still congratulate Trump for dodging the draft and insulting the troops.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In Vietnam, they call it the American War.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

IIRC they call it the "Resistance War against America" (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ), and I think the small phrasing difference is important.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Scoreboard! Scoreboard!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm surprised they were invited in the first place

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Inviting old enemies at celebration of victory against them is an old commie chad move. Hell, USSR even did it to future enemies

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Do nazis attend holocaust memorials?