And another thing pisses me off about this. Notice how the author says that once we pulled out, Vietnam has been a place of peace and growth? It's a horrible communist tyranny, fer cryin' out loud. Millions died from the rise of communism in this part of the world! It wasn't just sweetness and light one those evil Americans pulled out.
This whole article is pro-communist propaganda. No wonder the writer supports Kerry.
There has been economic growth recently, primarily due to a grudging introduction of capitalism. Vietnam now has the worst of all economic worlds: Communist totalitarianism and industrial sweatshops.
My daughter visited Vietnam recently. South Vietnam is a beautiful place and is developing a tourist industry. Most of the visitors are German. At the time she was there, the government was busy cracking down on rebellious villages, something not seen on the local news in Vietnam or the U.S.
The real truth is that Viet Nam has been at starvation levels until about 10 years ago. It was only then that they produced more than they consumed and could export rice, nuts and other products. To give you an idea there are no animals in the Zoo, they all got eaten.