Re:U.S. Secretly Obtains Two Months of A.P. Phone Records
by vacri on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @12:56AM
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And yet when approached by Ho Chi Minh in the late 40s about supporting the end of colonial rule in Vietnam and instituting a constitution similar to the US's, the US decided to reinforce French dominion instead. The American Revolution was indeed a watershed moment in history, but it can't be claimed that everything descended from it is inherently an action towards freedom and democracy.
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Re:U.S. Secretly Obtains Two Months of A.P. Phone Records
by refurb on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @10:12AM
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History is important.
After WW2, the US wanted a united front against the USSR. France used their membership in a Western European military alliance as a bargaining chip for the recapture of their Indochina colonies.
The US felt supporting France in Indochina was a lesser evil than letting Western Europe fall to Soviets.
Re:U.S. Secretly Obtains Two Months of A.P. Phone Records
by encoderer on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @02:39AM
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Nobody ever claimed that it was.
Re:U.S. Secretly Obtains Two Months of A.P. Phone Records
by vacri on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @06:12AM
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Mea culpa - I have projected on you. Usually when the US and freedom or democracy are being discussed, the thrust is that those things are some gift that the rest of the world has only through US benevolence. Your overgeneralised first sentence had a bit of this, but coloured the rest of your comment for me. Sorry.