Word: sideshow
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...freaks and the sideshow," he says, "because it was making fun of people and sickening...
Both sides have always observed certain restraints, for Laos is essentially a sideshow in which neither North Viet Nam nor the U.S. wants to become overly involved. There has always been a degree of pushing and pulling during the annual wet-season and dry-season offensives. Save for air attacks, however, the U.S. has never seriously threatened North Viet Nam's hold on eastern Laos and the all-important trail networks. In turn, Hanoi has never mounted an all-out offensive against government positions along the Mekong River...