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To: Bilow who wrote (116347)	10/7/2003 7:53:42 PM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

This is quite distinct from the Vietnam condition, where we had the assistance of the Catholic minority (who welcomed the assistance of a foreign Christian power) and only had to deal with pacifying the Buddhists. Sorry Carl, it was not that simple. Ho Chi Minh was neither a Buddhist nor a Christian. In Iraq, by contrast, there are no Christians to side with us. And instead of having to fight peaceful Buddhists more inclined to self-immolate than to kill, we have to deal with a people that is famous for their love of weapons and proud of an ancient tradition of warfare. The immolaters were mostly Buddhist monks...I know of no US led or any other fights against them. The oppressor in Vietnam was and still is a chinese and Russian supported, atheistic, Communist, North Vietnamese Army. uw