alt.politics.economics

stuff_stuff@ wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:19:58 -0600, David Hartung
> wrote:
>
>> Nice letter, but Ho"s actions do not indicate a man who believed in a
>> free republican nation.
>
>
> LOL. Calling for a national election. But you're right after WWII he
> disbanded the communist party. None to democratic perhaps. But he
> called for a general election. And the US knowing the country would
> vote to go communist, intervened. They ignored the UN treaty and
> ceased the election and bifurcated the country.
>
> Now tell me who believed more in a free nation and self determination?
>
> Is it so hard for you to believe that the US makes any mistakes?

The US has made many mistakes, and our involvement in Vietnam may well
have been one of them, for certain our invasion of Panama was, as well
as our involvement in Bosnia and Kosovo. My point is simply that Ho's
letter, and his subsequent actions don't match up. if he believed in
representative republic, why did he not form that type of government in
North Vietnam? If he believed in freedom, why did he not allow the South
to determine their own destiny? If he was such a wonderful guy, why were
our men treated inhumanely?