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@Mike76: Ok, we can't say how the Vietnam War in the South would have ended because history didn't unfold that way, even if, as you can imagine, I personally think it would have gone differently than you believe! Anyway, the "puppet" presidents were mostly French (those who did everything they could to thwart poor Sankara), and the American intervention came later! Regarding the original idea, it was only distorted after the victory in the war; it's not that their hidden agenda was to conquer the South disguised as liberation. On the other hand, it's true that, since things went this way, many deaths were in vain, and so was the support.

@mike76: you say that I only see part of the story because of my ideas, but if this applies to me, then it applies to you too! In any case, regarding the Russians and the Chinese (for whom I have no sympathy), one can only say that they provided military support (if we want to call it that, especially because I think there's no comparison between the weapons of the Viet Cong and those of the opposing army). If the Americans had won, South Vietnam, and then obviously North Vietnam, would have come under “indirect” control of the American economy (see the reading I recommended in my previous comment), and they would have suffered from famine again and ended up in an even worse situation than they were in because, as history teaches us, only the rulers, their puppets, would have benefited. Moreover, I think you have confused the original idea of the Viet Cong with what happened later. It all started as a liberation movement, which in my opinion is perfectly justified since it's truly the only way to achieve a genuinely self-sufficient economy (even if often it ends in a grotesque form of not just economic but also mental nationalization, alas), especially these days controlled by a global economy that is nothing short of murderous, making us live more or less consciously off the backs of the less developed countries on our planet. After Ho Chi Minh's death and the Viet Cong's victory in the war, as you have already mentioned, they barbarically turned against the population of the South, and I share your thoughts on this! I want to emphasize this aspect of the matter and clarify that the communists were not initially invaders, as it seems to be the general idea that comes through from your words on this regard.

@Mike76, personally I disagree with you when you say that South Vietnam was a free and independent state. It is well-known and you can find it written everywhere (and therefore it is not a biased view of history) that the presidency of South Vietnam saw one leader replace another, and in the end, it was always and only a matter of interest since they were puppets of the French and the Americans. Don't think that the Americans and the French supported them to guarantee their freedom; in reality, they only had interests, and just as it happened in the southern states of America, in Africa, and in Indonesia (as is the case today), the Vietnamese would have ended up the same way. I don't know if you've read it, but I recommend a read on the "systems" of American imperialism as told by someone who was inside: Confessions of an Economic Hitman (maybe you already know it, but you never know). Moreover, the words of the general are really delirious! The strategy of the Viet Cong to infiltrate was precisely a strategy, and perhaps the only one to win this dirty war, so the general had no right to say he had no respect for a "foe" (who apparently was not one at all) just because he did not wear a uniform! Honestly, I can tell you that I have more respect for a guy defending his own home alone than for a slave in uniform!

I'm sorry to interrupt, but your grandmother was killed by pulmonary edema, not by a criminal scoundrel without any morals during a war that cost thousands and thousands of lives, purely for the interests of a fucking imperialist nation! And as Mastrotitta already said, what was he supposed to do as a photojournalist? Try to kill soldiers and rescue that unfortunate soul? I believe that the photo is a document of extreme importance that goes beyond simply showing how one dies in those circumstances, but also why one dies (for defending oneself against some assholes) and what those circumstances are! This photo is a punch in the face to all those who promote causes and systems that lead to war, to the death of countless people, and drive humanity to this point.

I believe that the words you quoted from the Fallaci interview only increase the brutality of her act, rather than provide justification... in any case, it's certainly not accurate to say that this Ngoc Loan was part of the young cannon fodder being sent to the front line against their will; he was a general, someone who clearly knew which side he was on (the wrong side)... excuse me, but personally, I cannot have respect for soldiers unless someone becomes one out of necessity; it may be my deficiency, but this is how I feel.

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