| Yes, it was a great nasty mess for quite awhile, but I would hardly call it the "first Vietnam". For one thing, the US went on to achieve a great understanding and alliance with the Phillipine people. We left there as friends and partners. We still are. You can't say the same for Vietnam.
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"Do not forget your dogs of war, your big guns, which are the most-to-be respected arguments of the rights of kings."
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