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On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:59:16 -0800, Bill McKee wrote:


VN was never really communist. They sided with the Red Chinese, because
we would not support those who wanted their country back. Truman
screwed up big time letting France back into their colonies after WW2.


Vietnam may not have been communist, but Ho Chi Minh certainly was, but
he was also a pragmatist. He made deals with the Chinese Nationalists
(Chiang Kai Shek), and later with the French, to achieve Vietnamese
autonomy. Both parties screwed him over, and the rest is history. You
are right, we never should have backed French imperialism.



It's Obama's fault.

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