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The first two paragraphs did it for me...

Communism "failed" because we were willing to stand up to Communist aggression in places, such as Vietnam.

Had we not fought in Vietnam, the Berlin Wall would still be up today.

Actually, Vietnam really isn't all that capitalist. The State still controls and also outright owns a good portion of the economy:

http://ia.ita.doc.gov/download/vietnam-nme-status/comments/agshf/agshf-petitioners-vietnam-nme-cmt-sec-IV.pdf.

Why is this a Barf Alert? The article nails it. Stupid protectionist policies by the U.S.

I never liked catfish much but I would eat it occasionally because my wife liked to go out to a catfish restaurant. On one such outing the catfish was different and tasted very good. I asked about it and learned that it ws the new imported fish from Viet Nam. It separates from the bones more easily and is sweeter and, of course, cheaper.

In 2003 when I spent a summer in Viet Nam I was taken catfishing a couple of early mornings. It is no sport because the fish are in stocked and fed ponds, to wit, catfish farms. One threads a very tiny earthworm onto a very tiny hook tied to a cane pole. Dip it into the water and pull up a breakfast sized fish. It was not like "fishing" It was like reaching into the referigerator. We didn't go for sport but to pick up breakfast. We were me, an ancient grandfather and three small children. Th 5 yr olds had a ball and the adults unhooked the catch with pliers.

The catfish farms are entirely privately built and managed. They are mostly small operations and selling below cost would quickly render bankruptcy. This sort of entrepreneurial activity was not permitted until the 80s when the VeeCee(the universal citizenry's term for government people)got out of the collective business and turned the farmers loose and allowed people to go into business. The VeeCee have never provided subsidies for these small businessmen and the bureaucrats have sucked off the cash proceeds by bribe demands so that no one gets rich but they do expand their businesses with barter arrangements and such. These entrepreneurs are certainly a problem for American catfish farmers because the Vietnamese product is unfairly superior and cheaper.We should not be cutting off our market for these people. They revere America as the Promised Land. Most young men dream of coming here where they can work their butts off and keep what they earn and send their kids to college. America's best friends in the world are the Vietnamese people, even most of those still living who fought against us. They understand that America was not looking to rule and was helping at least some Vietnamerse.

We should be promoting these small businesses, not cutting them off. We need to encourage the indigenous small businesses so that they can grow even while we lean on the VCs to clean up their act and democratize. They are not believing Communists any more, not even the party honchos.VN even has de facto and de jure private property, including land, now. They are Mafia trying to hold onto their positions and to fend off China at the same time which is why the government tries so hard to come under US protection.