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Thank you, Freeper ThanhPhero, I've always enjoyed reading your thoughtful internet posts over the years.
Your geo/politics analysis of the current reasons why Communist Vietnam & America are coming together for mutual benefit is excellent. Plus ..America is also acting against Terrorism and Vietnam is acting against terrorism as well.
Only problem is that ours and their definition of terrorism differ greatly. The Communist leadership of Vietnam defines a terrorist as anyone who threatens their hold over its people. And there's the rub, isn't it?
The people of a Communist enslaved Vietnam are NOT Free. There are NO human rights there. ZERO.
And the Free Vietnamese people outside that enslaved country around the world are NEVER FORGETTING to remind the Communists in Vietnam of this fact.
Thus their constant pressure on Vietnam's Communist leadership for human rights CHANGE in that country runs unabatted.
And this is a good thing, even given your correct geo/political analysis.
Case in point:
Persecuted Vietnamese Actor DON DUONG, who after filming "WE WERE SOLDIERS" about the Vietnam War & "GREEN DRAGON" about its aftermath (..an internationally famous actor who lived in Saigon, Vietnam all his life..) was declared a traitor (..without a trial..) to the people of Vietnam & its People's Army for his movie portrayals.
DON DUONG refused to confess to being such a traitor, even under heavy duress, while awaiting his coming punishment in-country to be imposed upon him by that Communist State.
As we here on the other hand worked to get him outta there.
On the day SADDAM's Statue fell for Freedom in Bagdhad Iraq on April 9, 2003 ..DON DUONG, along with his family, arrived in San Francisco, California a Free man FOREVER ..and just about kissed the ground here in gratitude.
Before thread:
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/768075/posts
After thread:
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/888311/posts
Freedom & LOVE are coming to Vietnam, from ALL sides.
Signed:.."ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer
Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965, Landing Zone Falcon
http://www.WeWereSoldiers.com
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set1.htm
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_collection.htm
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Thanks for putting together those threads and sites. I have them all in a new bookmarks folder now.