Posted on 06/01/2025 2:00:42 PM PDT by RandFan
Okay, you’ve made your point.
100% agree with this. We just had a week-long golf trip in Da Nang and it was epic. I was surprised how “westernized” the country had become despite the communist regime. Americans are not viewed as a former “enemy” at all - at least IMHO.
So we stopped giving Vietnam Nam money and the status is in jeopardy?
F them!
Vung Tau?
. Blumenthal. Is that you?
That’s how I see Vietnam as well. Despite being a tail end boomer. I spent a week in Saigon with customers. I didn’t do a single tourist thing but I learned a lot about the entrepreneur class.
They dislike China, saved Cambodia from the genocidal Khmer Rouge, and at first chance dropped communism. Their fierce independence and industriousness make them a natural ally.
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