You should re-visit. I met a nice mother-son from Hanoi in Bangkok recently. She was there getting cancer treatment. The son and I had several long conversations. From what he said VN leadership has mostly transitioned to a bureaucracy and is laissez-faire towards capitalism.
Just think, you could visit Hanoi and say “Whelp, took me 60 years to get here but I finally made it”
Food quality is superior. Ppl get up early, work late and laziness is looked down upon. Unlike the West which thinks laziness is a symbol of achievement and distinction. The West’s culture is corrupted and debased.
Homeless drug addicts and sexually perverted elites are the Ubermensch in the West.
I know a bunch of guys who’ve been back. All of them had a good time. They went to The Rockpile and Khe Sanh. A few of them climbed Hill 881S again.
I can do that in my sleep any time.
I would have gone back twice, but my cancer kept coming back at the wrong times.
They took some wonderful pics, though.
It’s strange to see other people living on ground we bled for.
It makes me think the Vietnam war taught a lot of Vietnamese the Americans have the right idea.
It makes you wonder what all the fuss about Communism was in Vietnam.
Do they have “social services” in Vietnam? Free health care? A social “safety net”? Guaranteed annual income?
Two groups who aren't slaves to anyone other than themselves.