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MUCH MORE INTERESTING QUESTION _- Did the US in the end "WIN" the wars in Indochina by destroying the indigenous independent revolutionary forces within "South" Vietnam thereby leading to the conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam -- the unification of Vietnam under the Northern regime rather than a true compromise --- leading, ultimately, to the slide towards capitalism in Vietnam --- Whether it was because of the politics of the DRV or the destruction of the ability of the entire country -- north and south -- to support itself due to agent orange, unexploded ordinance, a massive death toll, etc. --- the result was no "socialist paradise" but an economically depressed country that in the end opted for capitalism. The US prevented the spread of a nationalistic version of communism which of course was the main reason for opposing the Viet Minh when they were fighting the French --- a great cost in human life. Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia got to control their own country but the people of none of those countries ended up with socialism ... So the question remains -- did international capitalism ultimately WIN the war against the INdochinese people?? _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
