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Originally Posted by jviehe
Terrorism, and any methodology, is acceptable when used in defense by a otherwise peaceful force. No methodology is acceptable when its used against US citizens. Its a matter of perspective and intent.
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Well, that's a standard that necessitates violence, as no other nation will willingly accept something so inconsistent with what is fair and just for all.
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Originally Posted by jviehe
Furthermore the Vietnamese people should have been entitled to decide for themselves. Im no expert on the exact history, but the Geneva Accords set up elections in South Vietnam. If the US did indeed rig those elections, that was wrong. However, the south vietnamese did not want to be invaded and killed by the north either.
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Doesn't it occur to you that from the perspective of the average South Vietnamese citizen, the division of their country was an unnatural artifice, hence unification with the North would be considered perfectly natural?
Furthermore, we were at a political disadvantage in the South. The North was viewed by the rural population more favorably than we were, which is why we undertook to bomb them out of the countryside, which is completely antithetical to the concept of democracy, no?
