Stuck in the South China Sea after the evacuation of Saigon and its fall the next day, 30 April 1975, and finally heading for land - but found only more personal tragedy. From my unpublished work after The Bite of the Lotus: an intimate memoir of the Vietnam War which I’ve excerpted here.
Agree or disagree with think-tank policy proposals - it doesn’t matter. They will be ignored. In a healthy political system, policy papers shape strategy. In the Trump system, they decorate the backdrop of a political reality show.
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Behind the flash that’s made all the colourful news bulletins of Vietnam celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Fall/Liberation of Saigon from a grumpy old vietnam journo with contradictory reflections.
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Trade talks are on!
It’s still poker vs go, IMHO.
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The Chinese Communist Party uses cease-fires not to negotiate in earnest but to gain vital breathing space and improve its position. Trade negotiations are no different - from WTO promises to today’s fentanyl or domestic consumption assurances.
This strategy is imprinted from the Party’s earliest battles in the civil war. And see this example from the Korean War:
“Facing a major deficit of warm clothes, food, and other critical supplies, these soldiers started deserting en masse, to the extent …
How Micron Completed TSMC’s CoWoS Puzzle Next to a Taiwanese Theme Park
TSMC and Micron are quietly building the world’s most advanced CoWoS packaging base in Taiwan—leaving Samsung struggling to catch up in the global HBM race. And it's happening right next to a theme park in central Taiwan!
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Going on WNYC in twenty minutes to talk sirens! There’s a call-in if you’ve got a question !
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well that explains the female Umpa Lumpas that could not even holster their gun. That gal looked like she was in a near panic, perhaps realizing for the first time she could be shot herself.
BTW why do they keep saying the rifle the patsy was using was an AR-15. AR-15's don't cost $12,000. I believe he had an ASXR rifle. Base price on those is over $10,000.
boom boom boom
RFK Jr: “By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we’ll be able to eliminate those exposures”
BREAKING: HHS halts Biden era role in child trafficking, now attempting to locate 300,000 missing children
"We have ended HHS as the role, the principle vector in this country for child trafficking. During the Biden administration, HHS became a collaborator for child trafficking, sex and slavery. We have ended that and we are very aggress…
Dr. Marik and I have published protocols on IVM in addition to standard chemotherapy although other researchers like Dr. Makis and Dr. Landrito have had success with IVM monotherapy.
