https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-this-look-familiar-us-advising-french-in-military-operations-in-a-communist-backed-country <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Way back in 1950 Truman sent the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) over to Vietnam to assist the French in the First Indochina War. President Truman stated that they were not sent as combat troops, but only to supervise the use of $10 million worth of US military equipment. By 1953, aid increased dramatically to $350 million to replace old military equipment owned by the French. <br /><br />While the the geography and ideology are not the same are we looking at Vietnam 2.0? <br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/13/opinions/kennedy-syria-vietnam/">http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/13/opinions/kennedy-syria-vietnam/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/029/124/qrc/151106123715-01-obama-keystone-1106-large-169.jpg?1447695456"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/13/opinions/kennedy-syria-vietnam/">Is Syria our next Vietnam? (Opinion) - CNN.com</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">America&#39;s involvement in Syria is beginning to look eerily like its involvement in Vietnam.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Mon, 16 Nov 2015 12:38:04 -0500 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-this-look-familiar-us-advising-french-in-military-operations-in-a-communist-backed-country <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Way back in 1950 Truman sent the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) over to Vietnam to assist the French in the First Indochina War. President Truman stated that they were not sent as combat troops, but only to supervise the use of $10 million worth of US military equipment. By 1953, aid increased dramatically to $350 million to replace old military equipment owned by the French. <br /><br />While the the geography and ideology are not the same are we looking at Vietnam 2.0? <br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/13/opinions/kennedy-syria-vietnam/">http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/13/opinions/kennedy-syria-vietnam/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/029/124/qrc/151106123715-01-obama-keystone-1106-large-169.jpg?1447695456"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/13/opinions/kennedy-syria-vietnam/">Is Syria our next Vietnam? (Opinion) - CNN.com</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">America&#39;s involvement in Syria is beginning to look eerily like its involvement in Vietnam.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> SPC David S. Mon, 16 Nov 2015 12:38:04 -0500 2015-11-16T12:38:04-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-this-look-familiar-us-advising-french-in-military-operations-in-a-communist-backed-country?n=1111213&urlhash=1111213 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>lol .... wait this scare me!!! PO3 Private RallyPoint Member Mon, 16 Nov 2015 12:39:19 -0500 2015-11-16T12:39:19-05:00 2015-11-16T12:38:04-05:00