The demise of the United States of America is a good thing. What do you think the impact will be on Canada?
Let's see the link or you're a liar.
Vietnam - Did America Win All the Battles?
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The demise of the United States of America is a good thing. What do you think the impact will be on Canada?
Let's see the link or you're a liar.
We do not want to see America destroyed that would not be good for
enlightened societies worldwide. America has a lot warts that is true
but its still a hell of a lot better than most of the rest that would take
her place. Can you imagine turning the world over to the madness of
the Muslim world. Or how about the Chinese they has no ethics at all.
No America did not win all the battles and they did not win the war.
Then again winning the war was not the object of the exercise it was to
keep the war going for as long as possible and it backfired.
enlightened societies worldwide. America has a lot warts that is true
but its still a hell of a lot better than most of the rest that would take
her place. Can you imagine turning the world over to the madness of
the Muslim world. Or how about the Chinese they has no ethics at all.
No America did not win all the battles and they did not win the war.
Then again winning the war was not the object of the exercise it was to
keep the war going for as long as possible and it backfired.
You don't always get what you want.
In many ways the problem for America is that there is no longer any unifying principle to which all Americans subscribe.
Each side in America views the other side as mortal enemies far more threatening than any remote foreign power or group.
There can be no peace until one side or the other destroys its internal enemies...or until the wheels come off Uncle Sam's bus...whichever first occurs.
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Look at US and Canadian constitutional expressions of value.
America's is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It has created an ideology people like to describe as "individualistic". The problem is there is no restraint on it, no check or balance, so when money and influence want to express their individuality at the expense of no money and influence, people suffer.
In Canada our constitutional interpretation stresses peace, order and good government. The expression contains safeguards. If you have peace, your threat level is less. If you have order, life is more predictable. If you have good government, you don't necessarily have to fear it.
The two cultures are different, and arguably our constitutional mottos reflect some of that difference.
Are you sure of that statement ? Have you discussed the Veitnam situation with any of the many Veitnamese immigrants to
N.america ?The Veitnamese community are building a museum in Ottawant You better visit to see what the Vietnamese think.
I agree, for example you will never get to see America fall and burn.
In politics perhaps you are right, I think the politicians need to be dragged out of Congress and hung. They have lost their way, they stopped being Americans and are just party hacks. The People have no bone to pick with each other, not from where I sit anyway.
Don't be so extreme, much of what goes on is media hype.
It may be time for another revolution.
I live in California where the middle class composes less than half the population and where 23.5% of people are classified as poor. The inferno is all around me.
Move to a colder climate?
I've heard North Dakota in January is somewhat cooler. Lol.
Ok, I have no expectations other than the fact that your fear of me will prevent you from answering this request, but I would love to see you back that up.
Yes it's very questionable the lengths I keep seeing in avoiding a protracted dialogue with you. It's almost as if he knows you, which would of course be odd since you've been away for months.
And he certainly seems very adamant that he knows everything, so one would assume that he'd be able to back up his statements.
Remind me now, who was it that used to demonstrate his "proof" with 'well, everybody knows that'?
Most Vietnamese wanted to be left alone to live their live. It is easy to support someone holding a gun to your head.
Which is exactly what was done to the peasant farmers. The south did not want communism. And furthermore they still don't.
That is simply untrue.
Hundreds of thousands fled the North in 1954. By some estimates over a million. Imagine how eager they were for the North to win. After a century of French domination, Vietnam was over 10% Catholic, and dead set against Ho Chi Minh.
After the 1968 Tet Offensive, the revolutionary corps (the Viet Cong) practically ceased to exist...........the US negotiated, and South Vietnam lost the war to North Vietnam.....not revolution.
It is true, however, that Ho Chi Minh and his followers would have won the proposed elections in 1956
Everybody everywhere complains about the government of the day. What they did want and have now is a Vietnamese government. Not French, not Japanese, not US and not Chinese. What they probably don't want is US style government.
Refugees happen in civil wars. We're talking about the 1970's, not 1954. From the perspective of the ephemeral concept of "self determine" perhaps many people did want something other than what they got. The same thing happens here. What most of them did have in common was a desire for a Vietnamese government, not a western puppet regime.
Those three factors are nearly incontrovertible. But North Vietnam finished the revolution in its favour. It was one of the sides in the revolution and it won, so I don't know what else we can call it but a successful revolution. The Vietnam War was never between two historically sovereign states. But what does that mean? In my opinion it does not mean that most South Vietnamese wanted a continued puppet government managed from the west. They wanted a Vietnamese government. If the west had not tried to turn the Vietnamese back over to the French after the war against the will of the Vietnamese, a regime friendly to western powers might have resulted. We'll never know, because the west betrayed the Vietnamese in favour of the French instead.
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