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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (239895)	8/25/2007 3:41:54 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (2) of 281500

<Nobody dies in your book unless America gets involved.> In the case of Vietnam we most certainly enjoy the lion's share of the blame. The issue of creating a unified Vietnam could have been solved diplomatically and/or via the ballot box -- except for one thing: The US could not accept the Vietnamese deciding their own fate. The US could not allow Vietnamese to vote for unification and to elect Ho Chi Minh as their national leader. The US pushed Ho into a position where he needed the Soviets to help get rid of us. We sent troops and bombed the crap out of Vietnam. Russia helped Ho unify Vietnam -- how he did it was largely our choice, and we chose the route of requiring millions of Vietnamese to sacrifice their lives to thwart our design for their country. US intervention is not evil because it is the US -- but nor is it good just because we are flying the American flag. Where the US sees its interests colliding with the interests and will of the people of other countries, we have an unfortunate habit of propping up corrupt regimes and overthrowing regimes that enjoy popular support. When we do this, innocent people die because of our actions, and in the long run we lose.

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