The Vietnamese people even more so. You know the grisly record. What we did to their country. Jesus, it's still hard to get your head around it. Mind-blowing, genocidal violence. And yet, the Vietnamese people forgave us. Offered a friendly hand. Focused on a more positive future (whatever the geopolitical realities).
^^^^^^ CB: Not to endorse the Americans dancing on Bin Laden's grave, but I'm not sure the Vietnamese exactly forgave Americans. I read it more like letting sleeping dogs lie or slaves smiling in the face of the slave-master so as not to get beat - again; and i mean beat bad. Also, the US is the owner of much wealth that they need to for their economic rehabilitation. Thus, privatization to stop waving the red flag in the face of the American bull and get some stuff from us. The Vietnamese are Communists , not Christians.