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THE WELCOMING MOTHER HAD ENOUGH !
(Someone sent me y requested article of Sad and Inoperative Cold
Warriors Perhaps former South Vietnamese Gen. Nguyen Cao Ky can again be a leader of sorts, paving the way for Vietnamese refugees to make peace with their past. By openly visiting his homeland, an act long considered treasonous by the people who fled South Vietnam almost 30 years ago, the former premier of a former nation sent an important message to his fellow expatriates: It is time to come to terms with the nation that exists now. Bitterness as deep as the Vietnamese refugees' cannot be expected to die quickly. They had spent much of their lives fighting the communist regime before it swept through South Vietnam, forcing them to flee. A subsequent wave of refugees felt the horrors of the communist reeducation camps before getting out. Many expatriates cannot forget and understandably choose not to forgive. But their pretense that South Vietnam will rise again and their refusal to accept the normalized relations between their native country and their adopted one are another matter. Vitriolic rallies in 1999 forced a video store owner in Little Saigon to close shop after he displayed the Vietnamese flag. Just last year, the Westminster City Council bowed to community pressure to adopt the flag of the defunct Republic of South Vietnam as the official flag at city functions that involve the Vietnamese community. Truth is, many Vietnamese Americans already travel to their homeland or buy Vietnamese products, but they do it quietly for fear of harassment from die-hard anticommunists. A shop owner covertly sells CDs of Vietnamese musicians in the back of her Little Saigon store. Open sales would threaten her business, even though, as she told a Times reporter, "It's too late to fight. It's the past. It's over." Many expatriates would never tell their friends that they send money to relatives in Vietnam. This simple act of humanity is denounced as supporting the communist regime. As an icon of the anti-communist republic, Ky is in a position to dent that fear of open contact with Vietnam. As Ky noted, Vietnam is moving rapidly toward a free-market economy. His assertion that it also is beginning to embrace human rights is more naive. But young Vietnamese Americans are using modern political tactics to pressure the current regime, with recent rallies and lobbying efforts on behalf of 11 Buddhist leaders arrested in Vietnam. "The road of old warriors has ended," Ky said as he surveyed his hometown of Hanoi. The expatriate Vietnamese can better help their native country and countrymen by recognizing the truth in those words. |
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Re: THE WELCOMING MOTHER HAD ENOUGH !
El Chino posted the Post Surgical complication of Ms Leaf (Diep) who
just received a liver Trnasplant in Vietnam, a gift of life given by her father, Mr Phong and benevolent medical services by Japanese and Vietnamese surgeons and medical personel. This Brainless Boatman, Mr Veedom who had demonstrated his blinded hate for the Vietkong which is tantamount to a hatred of Freedom because his blind hate affected others rejoiced in Leaf's life and death struggle. He wrote (translation) Why don' t you, i.e., Leaf ask Uncle Ho for help ? Your belly will grow (insinuating that the dead Uncle Ho was pedophiliac and can still fertilize). That is a Tragedy that El Chino had to share a few genes with these degenerales LEAF TIENLEN ! "EL CHINO BOATMEN'S CONSCIENCE" message news:6ea9eed5.0402020631.1372a57c@posting.google.c om... > (Someone sent me y requested article of Sad and Inoperative Cold > Warriors > > Perhaps former South Vietnamese Gen. Nguyen Cao Ky can again be a > leader of sorts, paving the way for Vietnamese refugees to make peace > with their past. By openly visiting his homeland, an act long > considered treasonous by the people who fled South Vietnam almost 30 > years ago, the former premier of a former nation sent an important > message to his fellow expatriates: It is time to come to terms with > the nation that exists now. > > Bitterness as deep as the Vietnamese refugees' cannot be expected to > die quickly. They had spent much of their lives fighting the communist > regime before it swept through South Vietnam, forcing them to flee. A > subsequent wave of refugees felt the horrors of the communist > reeducation camps before getting out. > > Many expatriates cannot forget and understandably choose not to > forgive. > > But their pretense that South Vietnam will rise again and their > refusal to accept the normalized relations between their native > country and their adopted one are another matter. > > Vitriolic rallies in 1999 forced a video store owner in Little Saigon > to close shop after he displayed the Vietnamese flag. Just last year, > the Westminster City Council bowed to community pressure to adopt the > flag of the defunct Republic of South Vietnam as the official flag at > city functions that involve the Vietnamese community. > > Truth is, many Vietnamese Americans already travel to their homeland > or buy Vietnamese products, but they do it quietly for fear of > harassment from die-hard anticommunists. A shop owner covertly sells > CDs of Vietnamese musicians in the back of her Little Saigon store. > Open sales would threaten her business, even though, as she told a > Times reporter, "It's too late to fight. It's the past. It's over." > Many expatriates would never tell their friends that they send money > to relatives in Vietnam. This simple act of humanity is denounced as > supporting the communist regime. > > As an icon of the anti-communist republic, Ky is in a position to dent > that fear of open contact with Vietnam. As Ky noted, Vietnam is moving > rapidly toward a free-market economy. His assertion that it also is > beginning to embrace human rights is more naive. But young Vietnamese > Americans are using modern political tactics to pressure the current > regime, with recent rallies and lobbying efforts on behalf of 11 > Buddhist leaders arrested in Vietnam. > > "The road of old warriors has ended," Ky said as he surveyed his > hometown of Hanoi. The expatriate Vietnamese can better help their > native country and countrymen by recognizing the truth in those words. |
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Re: THE WELCOMING MOTHER HAD ENOUGH !
Free market economy my *ss!
How can the market be free when the Communist party members hold absolute power in all activities in life, most critcally economic? How can the market be free when the Communist Party, in theory, virtually owns most, if not all, means of production, and grants itself the monopoly in all critical trades, such as distribution of seeds, fertilizers, foodstocks... and has the exclusive rights to buy farmers' produce at their mandated low price? How can the market be free when every communist officials in the corrupt government systems skims substantial amount of cash off every transaction? Under this system, only the people in power, i.e. the Communist Party, profit disproportionally, while the rice farmers are kept at starving level with high priced supplies, high taxes and low selling prices. I met rice farmers in Can Tho, the rice basket of Vietnam, who stated plainly that most families do not have enough food to eat. They rely of assistance from families and relatives overseas to make ends meet! I've met children 5 miles from the city of Can Tho, 10 years old who look like 5, and have never gone to school! That does not count the 30,000 or so children from the rural areas sold into prostitution iin Cambodia as revealed by MSNBC's investigation this month! The economic system in Vietnam with the Communist Party in power is more like a MAFIA market, where thugs use fear, intimidation and violence to unfairly profit from the martket without producing! The VC's are just a bunch of dumb, despicable, useless leeches! Everyone should spit on them and kick their dumb losers' *sses! nguyen_viet_2000@yahoo.com (EL CHINO BOATMEN'S CONSCIENCE) wrote in message news:<6ea9eed5.0402020631.1372a57c@posting.google.com>... > As Ky noted, Vietnam is moving > rapidly toward a free-market economy. His assertion that it also is > beginning to embrace human rights is more naive. But young Vietnamese > Americans are using modern political tactics to pressure the current > regime, with recent rallies and lobbying efforts on behalf of 11 > Buddhist leaders arrested in Vietnam. > > "The road of old warriors has ended," Ky said as he surveyed his > hometown of Hanoi. The expatriate Vietnamese can better help their > native country and countrymen by recognizing the truth in those words. |
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