Date: March 2nd, 2026 1:48 PM Author: Jared Baumeister
In 1965-66 we successfully toppled the communist government in Indonesia. This led to the belief that we could topple communist governments in SE Asia, but our confidence was so fragile that one FAILED counterattack (the Tet Offensive was a massive, massive tactical failure for the VC) was enough to make everyone think the war was hopeless. Here we achieved the same confidence in Venezuela only to have it shattered by one Iranian counterattack
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