Vietnamese March for U.S. Troops

Pacific News Service ^ | Mar 27, 2003 | Sandip Roy and Pueng Vongs

[Toidylop]

Vietnamese-Americans came out to support President Bush for Iraq war in Little Saigon.

More than 1,000 Vietnamese immigrants in Northern California and hundreds more in Southern California took to the streets recently to march in support of the war.

California is home to the largest Vietnamese population outside Vietnam, 500,000 strong, according to the 2000 Census. Vietnamese language media like San Jose weekly Viet Merc and the bilingual web portal Kicon.com reported that Vietnamese immigrants have taken to the streets, complete with red, white and blue flags as well as the yellow ones with three red stripes, the flag of the erstwhile South Vietnam. Many participants of these marches are veterans of the army of the Republic of Vietnam, who have resettled in the United States following years of re-education camp imprisonment after the fall of the U.S.-backed government.

The American Vietnamese Republican Assembly of Orange County took part in several rallies to support the troops including a rally at the Oscars, reports its president Bach Lien Tran Batdorf. The Vietnamese immigrant community has traditionally been a supporter of the Republican Party, based on the thinking that the GOP was more anti-Communist than the Democratic Party.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET

...1st into Iraq =

...U.S. 7th Cavalry.

...Last to die inside New York City's Tower 2 on Sept. 11th =

...U.S. 7th Cavalry's RICK RESCORLA,

...Lifesaving Hero of the Battle of IA DRANG-1965

...the Bombing of the World Trade Center-1993 and...

...the Airstrikes on the World Trade Center-2001.


To sign our Petition to President BUSH to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to one RICK RESCORLA see:

http://www.LZXRAY.com


GARRY OWEN, Sir (U.S. 7th Cav Salute)

NEVER FORGET

[Sabertooth]

Great story. Thanks for the ping, Ronnie.

[demosthenes the elder]

that's a deceptive headline - I thought it indicated that the VIETNAMESE in VIETNAM were rallying for America. THAT'd be newsworthy!

[browardchad]

Add Cambodian refugees in Massachusetts to the list of those who know what it's like to live in terror -- not as vocal as California's Vietnamese, but supportive nonetheless:

Killing Field memories drive Cambodian support for war

[JDGreen123]

Great story and it fits the pattern. Our strongest supporters right now are people like the Vietnamese, Kurds, exiled Iraqis and countries like Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, the Baltic Republics. It seems to hearken to the old saying: a liberal becomes a conservative once he is mugged. These folks know what it is like to live under monsters like Saddam. The Western Europeans are too young to remember what that feels like.

[dennisw]

Good for the Viets!!!! and Vietnamese American patriots!

[animal172]

Why is it that I get a headache looking at the "33" logo. I didn't drink all that much of it during 68-69.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...May Freedom return to a once Free South Vietnam one bright shiny day...

...SOON.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

.."With OSAMA bin LADEN recently defining his new Terrorist War against US as being...


~It's now the Communists & Muslims of the World ..vs.. the Christians & Jews of the world~


...we NEED the LOVE for Freedom that's burning in the Hearts of Garden Grove's Vietnamese-American Community as the example to follow for the survival of our own."


Signed:..ALOHA RONNIE Guyer in a Speech before his Hometown Garden Grove's City Council, March 11, 2003 ..given before 100's of very appreciative Vietnamese Americans.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

The BUSH Doctrine of...

'Bringing DEMOCRACY to the Common Man everywhere is Everyone's Answer'..

WORKS..!!!

[arasina]

Liberation from tyrants: IT'S NOT JUST FOR WHITE EUROPEANS ANY MORE!

I love it! It is great to see the American Vietnamese population supporting our country, our president, and our troops. If not for all the Vietnam veterans who fought valiently against communism, we wouldn't be seeing this. Thank you, Nam vets!

[LibertyThug]

This is good to see, thank you.

[Toidylop]

Were you sure looking at "33" after drinking "Tiger beer", sir?

[Toidylop]

You're a true patriot. We salute to your service, sir.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...The true Patriots...

...are those who have lost the Freedom of their Homeland,

...a once Free South Vietnam,

...and are doing all that they can...

...to bring its Return...

...to the Common Man there.

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Thanks and HUGE BUMP for FREEDOM and equality for all people!! We are ALL Americans, it just seems some people understand better than others the price of freedom and that "freedom" is worth fighting for.

[Joy Angela]

True Peace is only attainable

in the absence of Evil.

[ladyinred]

The Vietnamese immigrant community has traditionally been a supporter of the Republican Party, based on the thinking that the GOP was more anti-Communist than the Democratic Party.

That's the truth!

Thank you to the Vietnamese community for supporting our troops! What a great thing this is!

[Toidylop]

I'm just so sick to see the single-sided report from the media. A few misled, un-informed anti-war morons will always be featured on front page and on the local 6 o'clock news every day. Where the h*ll is the report for all these patriotic Americans all over the country???

[Victoria Delsoul]

More than 1,000 Vietnamese immigrants in Northern California and hundreds more in Southern California took to the streets recently to march in support of the war.

Woohoo! Wonderful.