From John Nguyen, on Thu, 30 May 1996 20:25:56 GMT (in response to: What was it all about?)
Hi Kelly, Thanks to you and those Vietnam war protesters that had helped stop the war. Thanks to you that hundreds of thousands of south Vietnamse boat people(600,000 estimated by UNHCR) had died on the open sea trying to escape from their beloved land since the collapse of Saigon(1975). Thanks to you that thousands of south Vietnamse officers have been vanishing from the concentration camps in the jungles. Thanks to you that the boat people- were once fought bravely along side with your countrymen against the communists - are being sent (against their will) back to the communist paradise.... I've heard some people like you saying that The US has nothing to do with VN, so why send troops there !!?? why die for those people !!??...Sounds ligical...but people never impose this same question to other countries : Tell me Kelly, What does the US have to do with Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Korea, Japan, U.K, Germany...etc..?? Why is that VN a special case ??!!! Kelly, go take the streets, go to the capital to protest the safety and the return of your troops from Korea, Thailand, Japan, singapore, U.K, Germany ...(you got the idea)because you know that your troops are not on vacation in those countries. If war breaks out, they just die just like they did in VN. I was born, grew up and lived through the war. I'm myself also a boat person who left behind all the loved ones to find a place to live. I know what it is to be a loser in a war. I know what it is to be betrayed by your friends who sell you out to the enemy. To you Americans, the war was over and that your troops went home safely, but to us the south Vietnamse people, the war is still here with us and back home in Vietnam. We haven't stopped fighting yet for a Vietnam with freedom and democracy. And I'm proud of those who served as well as who died in Vietnam . God bless America. John Nguyen
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