Posted on 06/01/2025 2:00:42 PM PDT by RandFan
Admittedly a little before my time.
There must be some stories Freepers can share?
We did not lose the Vietnam War. We signed a peace treaty with North Vietnam and as usual, the commies broke the agreement. Plus we had their comrades in arms, the DemonRats,running interference and defending the South.
Defunding. Not defending. Frickin spell check.
I left all of that fun shortly after the Tet Offensive. The KEY investigation is to FOLLOW THE MONEY!
I had two uncles who went to Vietnam, both of them my mom’s younger brothers. One came back physically damaged and the other had PTSD. My cousin served in Vietnam in the Navy. I had lots of older friends who were also there; most came back OK but lots had a hard time adjusting—nightmares and stuff like that. When I was old enough to enlist, I missed Vietnam by about a year.
We lost. Signing a peace treaty and letting it be broken with no consequences is a loss.
The Viet I know like the US and wish to be close to us rather than China. Resentment? Nah they told me that winners do not usually resent the losers.
Personally, I don't care if we don't "reconcile" with the commies.
Ditto.
Give them the $4 billion Kissinger promised. Give it in the form of military aid. Think-Chicoms.
I only hit the post button once...honest.
Did Jane Fonda write this article?
Did Jane Fonda write this article? She should have attended since her side won and she did so much to help them.
A war they started, then they had second thoughts and started calling the gop ‘war mongers’.
I saw U.S. troops shove their own helicopters off of ships so they wouldn't fall into North Vietnamese hands.
I saw desperate, screaming Vietnamese refugees trying to storm into the U.S. embassy, seeking asylum before Saigon fell to the NVA.
I never forgot those TV images. They looked ugly and scary, both for our troops and for the Vietnamese.
Younger Vietnamese are easily the most pro American Asians in that region. Every one I have had the pleasure to meet has been very positive about Americans and being allies and more importantly business partners. My X of a 4 year relationship Twi was born in Da Nang, we meet in University in NYC. We went to visit family a number of times I LOVE Vietnam it’s a spectacular beautiful country. The food is epic win, and they have world class waves for a surfer like me. Plus fishing of all styles, fly, deep sea , bow and spear in fresh and salt waters.
Da Nang is a modern city of 1+ million with brand new sky scrapper condos everywhere everywhere it’s on my short list for expat locations once I can convince my wife to sell her two brick and mortar businesses. You can have a 4 bedroom condo in a tower for the equivalent of $600 a month with staff included. The USD is worth 26,000 Dong offshore money is not taxed and it has huge purchasing power in Vietnam.
GenX has no beef with Vietnam or the Vietnamese people we simply don’t care that boomers do.
Vietnam is very pro business they have favorable taxes for investment and readily give visas for investors. They are CINOs commies in name only. They recognize that capitalism brings wealth and keep the single party system only in name, ordinary people readily own, operate small and large businesses in Vietnam. Investors with a local partner can also run a successful business it’s a market eeconomy more open than the USA it has a lot less regulations and taxes and permits and licences and..and. It’s a myth the USA is a free business economy we are not. Go to Hong Kong, Singapore or Vietnam the differences will make you cringe at the system we have to deal with here. If you have to ask daddy government, daddy can I please have a permit, then a licence, then pay fees to keep that privilege to run your own personal business guess what that’s not freedom.
“ They are CINOs commies in name only.”
I get your point but it’s more than name only.
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