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Why does the DPRK (rightfully) hate America and refuse to cooperate with them after being massively bombed, but Vietnam, who was also massively bombed, now have a fairly decent relationship with them? (hexbear.net)
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To be clear, I'm not making accusations about Vietnam, I was just thinking about it and found it a little strange.

I can think of some fairly plausible reasons, but just because those reasons are plausible doesn't mean they're actually correct, so I was wondering if anybody had a more concrete historical and materialist understanding of the situation.

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[–] peterf@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

No, that’s just Western cope

heh, no.

China supported the Khmer Rouge, which also invaded Vietnam, that's why Kissinger thought they could be such chums.

The Vietnam War didn't end in 1973 ; China continued to support groups fighting against the Vietnamese govt for another 20 years after that.

There wasn't a final truce between Vietnam and China until 1993.