Thread: Burma Cyclone
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Old 8th May 2008, 15:38   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by utdalltheway View Post
maybe I'm forgetting my history here and I'm happy to be educated - but what did the US do to this area (Burma) that would make them owe them?
The Brits have a long hsitory of involvement in Burma but I didn't know the US were there.
Guess he's referring to the Vietnam war, which had only tangential relevance to Burma. Ne Win's coup in 1962 was initially caused by an anti-communist crackdown, but arguably that would have happened whether or not the US were fighting in Vietnam.
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