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U.S. will be absent from Vietnam's war anniversary parade. (www.npr.org)
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Losers uninvited themselves this year.

Happy reunification day to Vietnam!

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Do nazis attend holocaust memorials?

[–] Grapho@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 day ago

The US century of humiliation getting a running start lately holy shit

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In Vietnam, they call it the American War.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago

IIRC they call it the "Resistance War against America" (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ), and I think the small phrasing difference is important.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I'm surprised they were invited in the first place

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 hours ago

Inviting old enemies at celebration of victory against them is an old commie chad move. Hell, USSR even did it to future enemies

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

Scoreboard! Scoreboard!