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It’s interesting to me to see it from the perspective of competition. The Viet Cong was a fierce competitor not because of brute force but because it had persistence. It also had a very clear understanding of American vulnerabilities : Just as later in Iraq or Afghanistan, the Americans were not ready stay forever at a foreign land and sooner or later they will have to leave.

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It is eshausting to maintain a world order. And that is true for whichever country on the top.

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After that, the US elevated China to a superpower while Latin America lags support

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