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Originally Posted by Pogo
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.
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?  |
I dont know. I wasnt there. What I know is that the North Vietnamese invaded South Vietnames and killed their citizens. THe US fought against it. When we left, people were sent to re-education camps where they starved. From my perspective, life in south vietnam under a illegitimate govt backed by the US would have been preferable to life under communist rule.