It became clear that the groups power was derived from manipulations causing reactions. When I opened up the floor and went down there and didn’t know what I was looking for then that night I was raided and everything was taken it became clear that I was being given only enough information to get me to move or do something that they wanted so they could raid me and take more. So, at that point I realized then that the outside-the-house quest information I was being given was for things that were already completed because they wanted me out of the house. I knew by how they had acted and treated me thus far that there is no way they left anything at the end of that road for me - they would have taken it all so, I stopped pursuing a treasure that was already found. I then committed to take no action for any threats or jump on any clues I was given because it was obviously to open up a new area that they needed access too. My strategy became one of non-action regardless of th...
If the Vietnam war began in 1955, does that mean it lasted 20 years, it ended in 1975? Photo by Sander Sammy on Unsplash No, the Vietnam War began in 1858 when the French first invaded the country. The war with the French then took a short break over 1941–1945 when Japan had invaded Vietnam and when Japan surrendered the territory went back to the French despite Ho Chi Minhs calls for support of Vietnam’s independence. As a result, in 1945 Ho Chi Minh created the Viet Minh which fought the French until the siege of 1954 when the French surrendered in Dien Bien Phu. Americans, had a fear of communism spreading due to the stupid ‘Domino theory’ which had absolutely no basis in fact and might as well been a joke card pulled from a crackerjack box. The Americans decided that with the French pulling out of Vietnam, then with Ho Chi Minh by this time firmly with the Communists, the US had felt it prudent to ensure that Vietnam did not turn to communism. Ultimately the...