Kind of an insult to those who fought and died for a democratic Vietnam.
My dad was not all that interested in buying anything Made In Japan. Maybe it was getting all of his upper teeth knocked out and shot in the abdomen. Then returning from the Philippians in a hospital ship.
However, in 1982 he bought my mom a Honda Accord.
Time heals all wounds....
Just as in Ukraine, our interest in the Vietnam war was Russia and China.
Obama was the one who began normalizing relationships with Vietnam. He lifted the arms embargo in May 2016. John Kerry as Sec. of State was involved.
I'm glad my Vietnam Vet brother wasn't alive when it happened. It would have made him feel his time over there was even more worthless than it already was.
[Kind of an insult to those who fought and died for a democratic Vietnam.]
They faught to keep Vietnam out of the Russian sphere of influence. Took a while but looks like it’s working.
Việt Nam is not socially capable of a Western style Republic or of dangerous Democracy. The society is traditional and totally family/clan based. In an election as we envision it the ;people will vote for the candidates closes to their families regardless of ideology and policy. Can’t run a Republic like that. Related officeholders are expected to concentrate on getting the most possible for their families first and foremost. Regardless of the formal nomenclature and official structure, Việt Nam has as good a government now as it could expect.
Inside every Vietnamese is an American trying to kick his way out.
Looks like they made it out.