The Misremembered Vietnam War

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The Misremembered Vietnam War
Jan 7, 2008 17:14	#21
GUEST42250	The war was created by all the super power country, it created job in the factory and help united state got out of the recession. The war make the capitalist rich, build more weapon, sell more weapon and make the third world pay for it. Only the poor are paying for it.

Jan 7, 2008 22:15

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LEONARDO
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GUEST42250

You probably got the wrong idea. USA stuck in the Vietnam War. It was one of the most tumultuous period in the US post-WWII history.
"The war make the capitalist rich, build more weapon, sell more weapon and make the third world pay for it." I think you are talking about the impact of Korean War. Japan got out of recession because the Korean War provided many job opportunities for Japan.

Jan 8, 2008 05:27	#23
DODGER Points: Join Date: Jul 15, 2007 Status: Offline	How can the poor pay? They have no money. Dodger

Jan 22, 2008 21:18

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Richard Nixon was right for saying " the Vietnam War was misrememberd and misreported". To a certain extent, Nixon was the scapegoat of the Vietnam War. In the negotiation with Vietnam, Kissinger shadows him. Although the war came to an end in Nixon's administration, the public's discontent with the government was never eased. Superficially, Nixon lost his political life because of the " Watergate Incident". Actually, his rival has taken advantage of the aftermath of the Vietnam War to undermine his political life.

Jan 29, 2008 03:43	#25
JOHNNY512 Points: Join Date: Nov 29, 2004 Status: Offline	Kissinger was more diplomatic than Nixon. He contributed to the cease-fire between Vietnam and US. The Vietnam war ended in applause.

Jun 4, 2008 15:31	#26
GUEST56254	Does anyone know the stastitics of china in the vietnam war? i know that china did serve a part in the was against south vietnam.

Jun 6, 2008 19:05

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I believe the reference to "misunderstood" refers to the opinons formed by the Americans back home after getting news from the biased media. It may be hard for some people in other countries to understand but the press U.S. reporters are not patriotic and will always take sides against our government ( and they still do) and during the 1966-1972 war in Vietnam the reporters always presented a negative point of view. The insurgency in South Vietnam was ended and regular Army troops from North Vietnam invaded the South but the press still portrayed the U.S. forces as fighting local communist guerrillas.
Unfortunately, as in Iraq today, there was no real efficient government in the South to carry on after the U.S. military involvement. Vietnam today is the result of an invasion of South Vietnam by military forces of the North. ( As an aside, Vietnamese-Americans today refuse to fly the flag of unified Vietnam and prefer the yellow flag with red stripes of the old Republic of Vietnam.)

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