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To: GST who wrote (145325)9/10/2004 1:08:05 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
The Vietnamese were by force trying to destroy the government of the South and impose their government. Yes they where seeking to re-unify the country but that doesn't change their aggression in to a non-aggressive act.

Tim



To: GST who wrote (145325)9/10/2004 1:28:03 PM
From: Sig  Respond to of 281500
 
<<Oddly enough, Americans now travel safely and freely in all of Vietnam, enjoying life as tourists in a unified country. They don't shoot at us and we don't bomb them and burn their villages or turn their cities into brothels -- we eat together, talk together, laugh together, do business together. >>>

Well there you are now, proof that aggression and occupation can work wonders.
Perhaps we should send more troops to Iraq so they will get to know us better, instead of saying we will leave as soon as practical.
Sig



To: GST who wrote (145325)9/16/2004 8:41:58 AM
From: unclewest  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
The Vietnamese were attempting to end the colonial division of their country

What colonial division?

The Vietnamese agreed to the geneva 1954 agreement.

Neither the Japanese nor the French nor the Americans divided Vietnam.