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3. The vast majority of Vietnamese now support capitalism; a huge change from just 25 yrs ago.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Nov 11, 2017, 01:24 PM

Nov 2017

Vietnam has actually looked to the US for support against China for several years. They never wanted to fight the US to start with. You can blame the French and our generosity for the war. Minh was an ally during WW2 and after the war simply wanted independence. But France insisted on keeping them as a colony, the other Allies agreed to look the other way and we all know the rest.
Capitalism has spread in Vietnam over the last couple decades; hence their expanding economy

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Trump Touts Vietnam as 'One of the Great Miracles of the World' [View all] DonViejo Nov 2017 OP

: onecaliberal Nov 2017 #1

Jesus, that orange fuck jb5150 Nov 2017 #2

The vast majority of Vietnamese now support capitalism; a huge change from just 25 yrs ago. 7962 Nov 2017 #3

North Vietnamese were always more nationalists than communists Yavin4 Nov 2017 #6

Exactly. "enemy of my enemy" and all that 7962 Nov 2017 #7

Not according to Human Rights Watch: Kingofalldems Nov 2017 #8

Link to story. USA Today, not trump. 7962 Nov 2017 #9

What a stupid a$$ bdamomma Nov 2017 #4

When they meet, Cold War Spook Nov 2017 #5

Wrong country, wrong time, wrong man weydowner Nov 2017 #10

Gee, and it only took 58,000 of our very best HAB911 Nov 2017 #11