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Old 05-08-2008
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Re: Democrats and the Killing Fields

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Originally Posted by jviehe View Post
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.
Obviously the majority of Vietnamese disagreed with your ideology and history has proved them correct. If necessary they were prepared to fight western colonization for another 100-years. Regarding the US revolution your viewpoint would have supported the Tory position.
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