You're accusing the wrong people

It seems you have a great grevience towards the American people. Although I am most likely out of my depth here, I feel I should say a few things about the multi-national involvement and subsequent withdrawal of troops in this war. I should say that there is undoubtly a lot I don't know about the politics at the time, but this is my understanding of the Vietnam War.

There are a number of reasons why the US sent forces to fight for South Vietnam. One of which was to provide assistance to an ally, as well as a fear of communism 'spreading' through the world. I prefer to believe in the first reason - supporting a friendly country in crisis. Perhaps for this reason the war should have been seen through to the end.

Problems arose from uncensored media coverage that displayed the attrocities of war back in the homelands of the various nations tangled up in the fighting. When the 'do-gooders' saw their countrymen dieing on foriegn soil they jumped up and down to convince the government that the war was wrong. All I can say is that these demonstrations were immense and may have broken countries. As I understand it, the US was in a situation where there were few escapes. Many soldiers were dieing in a war that couldn't be won because the tactics used were to defend the south rather then conquer the north. Away from Vietnam, back in 'homeland' USA another battle was been fought between the gov and the public. In the end the public won and troops were withdrawn.

Essentially it was all to do with politics, and certainly your country was ditched by the the US and other nations involved. I also sincerely sympathise with you, though I can never claim to understand the loss of your country.

However you say "if the war never happened" you would have a country of your own. I truly wish this were the case, but unfortuneatly it isn't so never will be. North Vietnam wanted to unite 'its' country and invaded the south. Many nations sent forces in to stop this invasion. Winning the war was a difficult objective, and quite frankly we failed.

Many of the people writing here lost friends and family through the Vietnam War. I'm not saying that their losses equal yours, but still they have suffered greatly. Yet you write and accuse these people of lieing to you, of deserting your people and leaving you desolute. All of these things might have happened, but I don't think these are the right people to accuse. Perhaps you should focus on those who opposed the war, through massive demonstrations, strikes and other anti-social events. Perhaps you should be accusing the governments who caved in to these demonstrators and ditched their war efforts in favour of obtaining civil rest.

A lot of the postings here are from people who shed blood on your home soil and lost many good friends. Others are from sons and daughters who's fathers died trying to defend your homeland. While I'm sure almost every soldier was glad to return home, I think few would approve of the outcome of the war. Years of bloodshed, thousands of young lives lost. Then the soldiers are ordered to return knowing that in the long run pretty much nothing was accomplished.

What I am trying to say is that you have some right to feel cheated and deserted, but you're barking up the wrong tree. And when all is said and done, the best thing to do is try to let go of your griviences and make the most of your current situation. This doesn't mean to forget your history and the culture of your people. I know all this is easier said then done, and please don't think I'm belittling you because I know your loss is greator then I can ever imagine.