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I agree, but somehow I expect very few people who were involved in the decision-making, let alone actual "boots on the ground" are now involved, let alone being listened to. Something in my memory tells me Egypt came to regard their "brotherly" intervention as their own Vietnam. The KSA did commit some troops, but it was mainly gold they contributed.
As Wiki reminded me this war was from 1962-1970. See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Yemen_Civil_War
Just found via Google a 21 pg paper:
http://www.alexthorn.com/writings/Th...ptsVietnam.pdf
Once again your example reminds us that history has a habit of fading away, only to return and "bite" hard. Those who remind the decision-makers are all too often seen as "troublesome"; which seems to account for much of SWJ's infamy.
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