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To: maceng2 who wrote (37805)	8/14/2002 11:31:33 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

There was no direct threat to America, other then they intended to be a communist state. "Other then they intended to be a communist state." You mean just that little old thing? In the sense of, pshaw, why worry about a tiny little technicality like that? Let me try to change your perspective a little. In the context of the lengthy, and fascinating argument we've been having on the thread about whether it was right for us to ally with Stalin during WWII, and whether it was right for us to allow Stalin to remain in Eastern Europe after WWII, because those people suffered tremendously under Stalin, and in light of the tremendous suffering experienced in China after their country became communist, ditto North Korea, ditto Cuba, etc., etc., and in light of the suffering which was experienced in Viet Nam, Cambodia and Laos after we threw in the towel and the communists took over, let me summarize my thoughts like this: "Wow." In my opinion, what we did wrong was quit. We should have done the job right and saved those poor doomed human beings from the hell they suffered after we left them in the lurch. Think of the killing fields in Cambodia under that evil bastard Pol Pot. Never would have happened if we had stayed. Never should have happened. If you think otherwise, let's agree to disagree.

To: maceng2 who wrote (37805)	8/14/2002 12:28:34 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I little inaccurate. Lots of Vietnamese were fried or killed because they wanted to rule their country their way. There was no direct threat to America, other then they intended to be a communist state. I included Dresden, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki in that list as well.

To: maceng2 who wrote (37805)	8/15/2002 1:24:36 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

There was no direct threat to America, other then they intended to be a communist state. Exactly who is "they" Pearly?? Did the people of N. Vietnam get even the most minimally honest choice in what form of government was inflicted upon them?? If so, then why did hundreds of thousands of them flee the North for the South when the country was partitioned in 1958??? And the people in the south, did they have a real chance to establish any form of workable economy and political system when forced to deal not only with these refugees, but also gradually tearing down and replacing the previous French Colonial presence?? And what about those Vietnamese who fled any way they could when the N. Vietnamese troops marched into Saigon??? boatpeople.com Did they "intend" on being a communist state?? Hawk