Then we pulled out and the Communists killed people by the thousands, forcing the south Vietnamese to become boat people, many of which fled to the US. Those good old communists were similarly kind to the people of Cambodia - see "The Killing Fields"
John Harvey -----Original Message----- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 7:51 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Chaves warms to Obama after character reference from Castro On Jan 25, 2009, at 8:42 PM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: > Funny thing everybody seems to forget is that he was elected > democratically by his people. But hey! Democracy is ok so long as the > guy we like wins. Isn't it? Don't know if you've ever read the Pentagon Papers from back in the '70s, but one of the key things that they revealed is that Vietnam was about to have a free election, and it was obvious that the Communist candidate was going to win big, so the US disrupted the election and propped up Diem in South Vietnam. -- Ed Leafe [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/02c101c97f5d$f42b8a30$dc829e...@harvey@shelbynet.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
