State of the Exception – October Update (Audio)
Added 2023-11-06 14:00:07 +0000 UTCAaron and Bryce answer all the patron questions! Special thanks to all Light Bringers for their generous support!
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Aaron Good
2023-11-18 00:08:40 +0000 UTCWasn't Full Metal Jacket set in the old imperial capital of Hue? Wasn't that where the underground communist network had very recently been subjected to very vicious, brutal and sadistic repression? The "payback" by the local communists was considered reprehensible and counterproductive by the national apparatus. It was ended quickly by Regular Vietnamese communist troops when they arrived. The impact of Hue massacres was considered a liability that led to the regime in Saigon staying on years longer. The Saigon elite took the view, we cannot surrender, we know they will do to us, what they did when they took over in Hue. I remember standing in the Bangkok Airport as an 11 year old, scanning aircraft departure screens only six weeks after the US embassy in Saigon almost was almost seized in the Tet Offensive. I could see I was only as far away by air, from Bangkok to Saigon, as I would have been in Adelaide to the nearest city, Melbourne.
BruceInAdelaide
2023-11-10 05:51:45 +0000 UTCAaron do have links to those Parenti essays on political science?
Adam Murphy
2023-11-08 17:31:15 +0000 UTC
