Reply #32: One more little point [View All]

[mkregel]

Vietnam bankrupted China. They stopped lending support after they used pretty much all their leftover cash supporting Vietnam, which caused Vietnam to seek Russian aid. They obliged, turning China against them.

Russia had the cash and guns, but still did not send the lions share that was used. Most of that was stolen by corrupt South Vietnamese Officers and sold on the black market, which of course ended up in the hands of the Vietcong.

Many US troops who saw action over there reported seeing more American weaopns than Kalashnikovs or Chinese ones.