From David Nguyen, on Thu, 11 Sep 1997 18:31:15 GMT (in response to: Vietnam War STINKS)
I absolutely agree with you that the war is sucked since so many Vietnameses and Americans died during the war, and many more suffered its nightmares and syndromes. Ironically, the war ended but openning a new door for many Vietnameses to leave the country. Many came to the United States, and the rest to Europe, ect. Here is the main point: Many of those who left have been and will be a great help for Vietnam's future. They send money to help their relatives in Vietnam, and some have even come back there to do business.
So I think the war is bad because so many got killed, but it did give many Vietnameses an opportunity to live in the Western world.
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