[lbo-talk] Belated invasion: Vietnam, the video game

[C. G. Estabrook]

The US war aim in SE Asia in the 60s and 70s was to turn aside "the threat
of a good example" -- a Third World country that wanted to run its economy
for it own purposes.  Since the 1950s the US had said that the primary
threat of communism was the economic transformation of communist
states "in ways which reduce their willingness and ability to complement
the industrial economies of the West."  To prevent that, we dropped twice
the ordnance the US used in all of WWII on *South* Vietnam (our supposed
ally). It worked -- now Vietnam begs for Nike factories, and the US is
actually in charge.  --CGE

On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


> ...For that reason, these "virtually strong and brave" men would like
> to revisit Vietnam and turn their defeat into a virtual victory of
> which they will be virtually in charge.