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February 25

Vietnamese and Thai military power question

In the late 1970s and 1980s, which military was stronger: the Vietnamese military or the Thai military? Futurist110 (talk) 03:24, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Referring to the Cambodian–Vietnamese War era: "Thailand's capacity to repel an invasion was woeful. Thai military planners likely would not have been confident of their capacity to repel a full-scale military attack without significant external assistance. A Thai-Vietnamese conflict along the Cambodian border would have been mainly a land conflict. Total Vietnamese forces in Cambodia numbered 160,000, divided into two commands and twelve divisions. The number of Vietnamese troops in Cambodia alone exceeded that of the entire Thai army. In addition to numerical strength, Vietnamese forces had good equipment and considerable combat experience".

Strategic Culture and Thailand's Response to Vietnam's Occupation of Cambodia, 1979–1989: A Cold War Epilogue. Alansplodge (talk) 12:23, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Interesting. Thank you. Futurist110 (talk) 20:52, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Looking at Thai-Vietnamese confrontations during this period - the issue of military capacities here isn't limited to 2 sides. There were communist guerrillas inside Thailand (People's Liberation Army of Thailand), there were Vietnamese-aligned Cambodian forces but there were also the anti-Vietnamese Cambodian factions based along the border. --Soman (talk) 15:33, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Yep, certainly! Futurist110 (talk) 04:01, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Recall

If a recall election for Gavin Newsom is placed on the ballot, would Newsom's campaign be allowed to take funds raised for his 2022 reelection campaign and re-allocate them towards defeating the recall election? 66.234.210.119 (talk) 07:10, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

This is at least the third time you've raised this question. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 09:34, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Correct, and I have yet to receive a definitive answer. 66.234.210.119 (talk) 01:14, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

You won't get one here. You need to talk to a lawyer that deals with election law. And the answer will probably be "it depends". 69.174.144.79 (talk) 03:18, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Did the website Rudolf posted below not help? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:19, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

try this website: [1]. There is also a phone number there you can call with questions. RudolfRed (talk) 18:23, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

If the petition is successful, there will be a massive outpouring of financial support to assist Newsom to keep his job. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 03:23, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

I would further note that per [2] [3], as the recall part is treated as a ballot measure, a committee controlled by an officerholder to oppose the recall is not generally subject to limits. This includes opposing any candidates. (Committees formed by the candidates themselves to support their candidacy are subject to limits, although they can control a committee to support the recall which isn't.) And being able to receive funds from a restricted use account of a general purpose (actually I think any) committee [4]. So it doesn't even make much sense to reallocate funds from one which is subject to such limits unless you're really unable to attract new funding. And in some ways, isn't even really all new funding e.g. if the Democratic Party or some union or whatever has a committee which raises funds for candidates, they could if I understand it correctly, send funds they already raised from their restricted use account which they can't use for candidates to the governor's committee opposing the recall. Nil Einne (talk) 16:45, 28 February 2021 (UTC)