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The Vietnam War is a stain on American history and the worst abuse of governmental power our country has seen. It should not be celebrated in any form, but should be remembered for what it was and a lesson learned. Ken Burns' 'Vietnam' is a very good look at how devastating it was all around.
One of my fondest memories is when I was traveling around Vietnam and an older man offered his services to take me around, including to Hamburger Hill outside of Hue, which was a very deadly battle. It was all for nothing in the end. The Vietnamese were not a bunch of Marxists, but would have fought forever to reunify their country, which has been abused and controlled by foreign powers for centuries.
The Vietnam War is a stain on American history and the worst abuse of governmental power our country has seen. It should not be celebrated in any form, but should be remembered for what it was and a lesson learned. Ken Burns' 'Vietnam' is a very good look at how devastating it was all around.
One of my fondest memories is when I was traveling around Vietnam and an older man offered his services to take me around, including to Hamburger Hill outside of Hue, which was a very deadly battle. It was all for nothing in the end. The Vietnamese were not a bunch of Marxists, but would have fought forever to reunify their country, which has been abused and controlled by foreign powers for centuries.
You do know that the only foreign power to control Vietnam was the Chinese...… until France in the late 1800's. They also invaded Vietnam after we left...……….
No, this conservative think tank piece does nothing to even remotely suggest what I said is wrong. Its just a garble of rhetoric.
well. a "search" titled "did Mao murder millions of Chinese" has 24,000,000 results...……..I don't have the time to argue with you. the consensus seems to point to you being wrong...…….
well. a "search" titled "did Mao murder millions of Chinese" has 24,000,000 results...……..I don't have the time to argue with you. the consensus seems to point to you being wrong...…….
You didn't read your own article nor did you read my original post.
the 20-40 million number has nothing to do with executions or "murder", it had to do with economic abrup economic change and dissolution of the traditional food chain.
I would venture to say those asked by the poll don't remember living through the Vietnam War. As someone who did, I thought it was one of the worst foreign policy post WWII mistakes the United States ever made.
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