• GarbageShoot [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    the map is far more accurate than it is not though

    Come on, Yog, we can hold ourselves to a higher standard than this. It'd be so easy to just color in Vietnam and then you'd be set, but by posting it in its current form you are actively lying.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
      hexagon
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      2 months ago

      I think there's a difference between invasion/occupation and a minor border skirmish. Like yeah it could've been more accurate, but it does get the point across. 🤷

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        If I was just complaining about border skirmishes, then I'd mention India or something. The attack on Vietnam was more than just a "minor border skirmish".

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
          hexagon
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          2 months ago

          Well, feel free to explain how the attack on Vietnam constitutes an occupation. Are you suggesting China's military action was carried out with the intent of annexing a part of Vietnam?

          • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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            2 months ago

            Come on, you're more well-read than this. You know that military occupation and annexation are not the same thing.

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
              hexagon
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              2 months ago

              You still haven't answered what you think the intent of the military action was. Do you claim any military confrontation is occupation?

              • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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                2 months ago

                I'd more say that the military occupation was done for the sake of confrontation (this is similar to the official Chinese line). It was a really senseless invasion, as far as I can tell (and I disagree with the Vietnamese line that the war was expansionist).