Re:Vietnam War images from the North Vietnamese side
by cies on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @07:00AM
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> complete misunderstanding
So admit it, say sorry, pay reparations.
Re:Vietnam War images from the North Vietnamese side
by Glawen on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @07:46AM
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Say sorry, why not, but demanding to pay back I don't understand.
It is not the same people in power nor the same population, why should they pay for their parents? It is preposterous. And where do you stop with this logic, neolithic?
Re:Vietnam War images from the North Vietnamese side
by SirLotsaLocks on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @08:08AM
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They're still paying the price for what the US did to them, I don't think it's too uncommon for reparations to be payed by different people because usually reparations are on behalf of the government itself. If a different government took over the US then I think it would be a bit unfair to expect reparations. But as it stands it's the same government and a lot of the people who took part in the atrocities are still alive today, it's not like it happened hundreds of years ago.
US misunderstood the history of Vietnam and the goals of the belligerents. Vietcong also misunderstood the US.
Ho Chi Minh and Vietcong were nationalists first, communists second. US feared the domino effect that had no change of happening with Vietnam. Vietnam would not side with China for any reason and China was prepared to go to war against Russia if Russia got too much influence in Vietnam.