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  • Local Hmong claimed freedom in Vang debate [Gen. Vang Pao, not the murder cases]

    05/15/2007 4:24:47 PM PDT · by SJackson · 20 replies · 971+ views
    Capital Times ^ | 5/15/2007 | Marc Kornblatt
    War hero or war criminal? Depending upon who's talking, Gen. Vang Pao is one or the other. As a Madison schoolteacher, I think the answer to that question is not as important as the debate the question has generated. Hmong residents here revere Gen. Vang. They insist that he is a great man who helped thousands of their people escape war-torn Laos to find safety and opportunity in the United States. For that reason, they believe he deserves to have a public school named in his honor. A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor, on the other hand, claims that Gen. Vang...