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[โ€“] rocket_dragon@lemmy.world -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Viet Cong are not the only rebels to have ever existed, the USSR is well known to use excessive military force against its own rebels.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_the_Soviet_Union

[โ€“] Arcturus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

excessive

How much force would have been appropriate then, do you think?

Also, NATOpedia article lmao