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Vietnamese officials considering punishment for actor in U.S. film ["We Were Soldiers"]
Associated Press | September 19, 2002

Posted on 09/19/2002 10:23:35 PM PDT by HAL9000

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Vietnamese officials were meeting Friday to consider whether to punish an actor branded a "national traitor" for starring with Mel Gibson in the Hollywood movie "We Were Soldiers."

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City, where actor Don Duong lives, proposed earlier that he be fined and banned from acting or leaving the country for five years for appearing in the movie, which they said distorted the history and image of Vietnamese soldiers.

Officials from the Ministry of Culture and Information were meeting Friday to consider the proposal, and will submit a recommendation to the ministry for a final decision, ministry Cinematic Department Director Nguyen Phuc Thanh said.

Vietnam's communist government has led a strident campaign against "We Were Soldiers" in the country's state-controlled media.

The movie, not approved for sale in Vietnam but widely available on bootleg DVDs, depicts a bloody three-day battle in November 1965 in Vietnam's Ia Drang valley, the first major clash between the North Vietnamese army and U.S. troops in the Vietnam War.

In the film, the U.S. troops have little idea of what they face and are overrun and suffer heavy casualties. Both sides are portrayed as courageous and self-sacrificing, while their families are shown grieving the deaths of their loved ones.

The movie is based on the book "We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young" by the U.S. commander in the battle, retired Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore.

Duong played commander Nguyen Huu An, who led the Vietnamese soldiers to victory.

Duong, one of Vietnam's most popular actors, has appeared in numerous domestic movies about the war. He also played the role of a refugee camp translator in "Green Dragon," a movie directed by Vietnamese American Tony Linh Bui about Vietnamese who fled the country after the end of the war and dreamed of living in the United States.

"Both movies distort the legitimate war history of our people and the humanity of the Vietnamese," army newspaper Quan Doi Nhan Dan (People's Army) said in a front-page article Wednesday.

The newspaper demanded stern punishment for Duong.

"By becoming a propagandist and henchman for 'hostile forces' and tarnishing the Vietnamese soldiers and people, Don Duong has sold his conscience cheaply and become a national traitor," it said.

Duong couldn't be reached for comment, but in an earlier interview with The Associated Press, he said he was surprised at the reaction and has decided not to play any more roles in foreign movies about the Vietnam War.

Vietnamese movies about the war invariably portray Vietnamese soldiers as noble and Americans as cruel murderers.



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: donduong; melgibson; vietnam; weweresoldiers
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To: Joy Angela
I see the pits of hell opening up for the day Hillary is tossed in. As "Hell to Pay" is from Hillary to the rest of us, she will also get her due justice!
201 posted on 10/13/2002 10:24:35 PM PDT by goldilucky
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To: Joy Angela
NEVER FORGET

...Democrat BULLIES attacking our Congressional Elections to take control of Congress in November 2002 is no different than...


...Communist Vietnamese BULLIES attacking Actor and Saigon resident DON DUONG as a Traitor for losing to MEL GIBSON in .."WE WERE SOLDIERS"

...Both are EVIL Attacks on an Individual's God-Given right to Freedom.

NEVER FORGET
202 posted on 10/13/2002 10:30:07 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
You're so right Aloha Ronnie!
203 posted on 10/13/2002 11:14:26 PM PDT by Joy Angela
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To: goldilucky; Freedom'sWorthIt; ppaul; Republic; Dick Bachert; Registered; Landru
Here's the Latest! Over 4000 DNC Lawyers are getting ready to Pounce on the November 5th Election...to solicit complaints from voters if the GOP wins back the Senate!

These 4000 have been Commanded into Action by the *Number One*
*Democrat National Committee* Lawyer of all time...

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON!

Watch Out America...We're about to Fall In!


204 posted on 10/13/2002 11:16:23 PM PDT by Joy Angela
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To: Joy Angela; ALOHA RONNIE
"Here's the Latest! Over 4000 DNC Lawyers are getting ready to Pounce on the November 5th Election...to solicit complaints from voters if the GOP wins back the Senate!"

Sounds serious.
I'm anticipating they'll be a very busy lot.
Given their outrageous hourly fees, the DNC could run-up quite a bill for their army of worms.

"These 4000 have been Commanded into Action by the *Number One* *Democrat National Committee* Lawyer of all time...HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON!"

Brother, couldn'tcha just gag.
In the end, the Lib-Socialist's downfall will be directly tied to that wench.

...just watch & see.

205 posted on 10/13/2002 11:45:40 PM PDT by Landru
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To: ASA Vet
Thanks for the correction.
HF
206 posted on 10/14/2002 6:48:50 AM PDT by holden
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To: Landru
NEVER FORGET

...DNC Chairman TERRY MacAULIFFE =

...HILLARY's China Army Money Man =

...$$$$$ no object for 4,000 Poll Watching Lawyers come Voting Day to decide whether DEMOCRATS or REPUBLICANS gain control of Congress this year and the White House in Election Year 2004.

The Enemy is now Within...

and always has been...

ever since HILLARY RODHAM and BILL CLINTON did all they could to help Communist Terrorist HO CHI MINH defeat Freedom in a once Free South Vietnam long ago.

NEVER FORGET
207 posted on 10/14/2002 2:07:09 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE
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To: Joy Angela
Yeah but seriously, I think Hillary is about to step in No. 2 on this one. Everybody's hip to this game by now.
208 posted on 10/14/2002 5:44:06 PM PDT by goldilucky
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To: goldilucky
...In HILLARY's Case...

...IT TAKES A THEIF...

...to win the Presidency in 2004.
209 posted on 10/14/2002 7:18:19 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
It sure does, Aloha Ronnie.

I wouldn't even call Hillary the QUEEEN OF HEARTS...but rather THE QUEEN OF SPADES as she just buries people who are in her way!

210 posted on 10/14/2002 7:30:57 PM PDT by goldilucky
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To: ALOHA RONNIE; Ragtime Cowgirl; Snow Bunny; goldilucky; ppaul; rodeo-mamma; Alamo-Girl; Landru; ...
We have to ask ourselves...Would poor Don Duong be in the hands of the Communist Vietnamese today, if it hadn't been for Hillary Rodham and Bill Clinton's support of Communism in the 70's?

Would 9-11 have happened if Bill hadn't been President?

More importantly...What's going to happen when HILLARY becomes President?

GUILTY CLINTON?

Below is one of the GREATEST topics about Clinton on the Internet! Lurk or Post, but you HAVE to see it! From Page 1 to Page 26, this is HISTORY you don't want to miss!

Click Here! Guilty CLINTON: "It ain't my Fault" (9-11-01)

See you there!

211 posted on 10/14/2002 9:48:47 PM PDT by Joy Angela
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To: Joy Angela
More importantly...What's going to happen when HILLARY becomes President?

Another arranged 9-11 for the purpose of disarming Americans.

212 posted on 10/14/2002 11:03:00 PM PDT by goldilucky
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To: HAL9000
He was an awesome actor.. if he was smart, he would MOVE away, and take his whole family with him. He would be very successful in the US or elsewhere. Why stay there?

213 posted on 10/15/2002 7:46:16 AM PDT by Vets_Husband_and_Wife
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To: Vets_Husband_and_Wife
I don't think Don Duong has the option of moving anymore. And when the same HELL reaches our country...where are WE going to move to?

214 posted on 10/15/2002 10:41:49 AM PDT by Joy Angela
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To: Joy Angela
26 pages & counting...
Quit a thread even for that place!!

And *who* should be right smack-dab in the middle of the fray??
Yea.

...a *certain* Angel. ;^)

215 posted on 10/15/2002 11:38:04 AM PDT by Landru
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To: All; hole_n_one
NEVER FORGET
216 posted on 10/15/2002 5:46:50 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE
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To: Landru
Why, thank you so kindly, Landru!

:)

217 posted on 10/15/2002 8:08:43 PM PDT by Joy Angela
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To: All; Joy Angela; Landru; Lexington Green; rodeo-mamma
...Even my doctor's Office Receptionist had heard of the Plight of a persecuted .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. Actor DON DUONG thru the Media during my visit there yesterday.

...DON DUONG is NOT alone.
218 posted on 10/15/2002 9:26:35 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
The man should've taken the opportunity to scram when he had it, Sarge.
No one knew what monstrous, oppressive thugs the Vietcommies really are, like those who've actually lived under the heel of their Communist boot.

Can't help noticing *Hollyweird's* been uncustomarily quiet concerning one of their *own*?
Could it be the *subject* this man portrayed in the film isn't *worthy* of their involvement??
Or perhaps...the truth of Hollywierd's position with regard to Don Duong's predicament's even simpler than anyone might ever guess?
Say like a underlying racist attitude regarding asians??
Especially asians who're being forced to live in the Comminist-Socialist totalitarian regimes?

...would be at cross-purposes for Hollweird to intervene, huh.

219 posted on 10/16/2002 6:18:30 AM PDT by Landru
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To: Landru
...How interesting you'd bring up the silent HOLLYWOOD aspect of the DON DUONG Case. MATT DRUDGE has highlighted it twice on his Talk Radio Show heard there in the last 3 weekends, once during the Closed-Doors Barbra Streisand Democrat Fundraiser at Hollywood's Academy Award Home'd KODAK Theater.

...It has also been brought up on other Talk Shows heard in Hollywood and still there's been no reaction from that community that enjoys the fruits of a Free Democracy more than most, except those who worked with Actor DON DUONG during the filming of .."WE WERE SOLDIERS"..!!

...Seems they're too busy preparing to send out 4,000 of their trouble-making Liberal Demorat Lawyers out to all our Nov. 5th Voting Precincts Nationwide to do the same to our Right to Vote here that the Vietnamese Communists are now doing to DON DUONG's Right to freely express his Acting Talants abroad...???

The Enemy is now Within ...and always has been.

220 posted on 10/16/2002 9:05:05 AM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE
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