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Old 05-04-2008, 11:00 AM   #52 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers View Post
I don't doubt it and I don't doubt that they're extremely good soldiers but again, why are they not fighting in Tibet? There's only two reasons.

1) They're unable.
And don't forget that the Most of the Tibetan Army was wiped out. They practically fought to the last man allowing precious time for the government of Tibet and some of its people to escape to India.

For the next ten years, Tibetan freedom fighters waged guerrilla warfare against the PLA. It lasted all the way up to 1965 or such.
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