To: K4Harty
So he is a Chi-Com Ehh....?
25 posted on
11/21/2004 4:25:50 PM PST by
cmsgop
( Who's High Pitch ?)
To: cmsgop
The Hmong were our "allies." The Vietnamese hate them - ethnically different. The people Kurtz is with in Apocalypse Now were Hmong.
35 posted on
11/21/2004 4:28:16 PM PST by
Ironclad
(O Tempora! O Mores!)
To: cmsgop
cmsgop wrote:
So he is a Chi-Com Ehh....?
Most probably NOT.
The Hmong are not recognised as a actual "people" by the low-landers. They are thought of as being worthy of genocide by the Communists.
The Hmong in general were great help to some of our Special Forces during the Vietnam era. These people would often tell the Americans where the actual "Commies" were. They would provide food and shelter, too, although they had little to offer.
Often got their villages destroyed to the last man, too, for their effort.
I know this from my daughters Godfather, who was Special Forces.
59 posted on
11/21/2004 4:34:48 PM PST by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
To: cmsgop
>So he is a Chi-Com Ehh....?<
Nope, his people were our allies during the '70's.
To: cmsgop
So he is a Chi-Com Ehh....? Hardly. The Hmong people were on our side, and many of them emigrated to the U.S., with a large population coming to the TC's.
As far as I understand it, they didn't even have a written language, and have made a significant effort to learn English.
138 posted on
11/21/2004 5:33:56 PM PST by
ohioWfan
(W.........STILL the President!!)
To: cmsgop
So he is a Chi-Com Ehh....?No way. The Hmong were American allies in the war.
139 posted on
11/21/2004 5:34:34 PM PST by
ThanhPhero
(Ong la nguoi di hanh huong den La Vang)
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