What Would YOU do if Vietnam Was now a Democratic Society like the USA

[lambchop4life 6]

ME I would ditch the usa and run for a PRIME minister spot gives everyone free visa so no more CR1 K-1 bull #######, Bring BUFFEt style of eating like las vegas,and of course no more Coffee bribe money instead we will call it an extra nonsense fee like we have here and also fix how they build houses there my god the Fire code violation. did I miss anything? please share people.

IF the ARAB spring can happen for the Muslim it can Happen for vietnam someday.

[ScottThuy 140]

Moving from VN regional to Politics and Religion

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

What Would YOU do if Vietnam Was now a Democratic Society like the USA

Same thing I'm doing now. Doesn't impact me one way or another.

[aaron2020 11,651]

ME I would ditch the usa and run for a PRIME minister spot gives everyone free visa so no more CR1 K-1 bull #######, Bring BUFFEt style of eating like las vegas,and of course no more Coffee bribe money instead we will call it an extra nonsense fee like we have here and also fix how they build houses there my god the Fire code violation. did I miss anything? please share people.

IF the ARAB spring can happen for the Muslim it can Happen for vietnam someday.

Nothing differently than I am doing now.

The Arab Spring has brought democracy, but all the secular governments have been replaced with governments dominated by fundamental Islamic nutjobs. The Arab Spring has not resulted in better conditions for women or secular minded individuals. The Muslim Brotherhood is only slightly better than the Taliban - not by much in my opinion. Unfortunately, the Arab Spring is unleashing fundamental Islamic nutjobs who will deny rights to women and non-Muslims.

Democracy is not going to change Vietnam.

Do you think the Viet Kieu will be invited back with open arms? Hell no, the Vietnamese living there aren't going to let Viet Kieu tell them what to do. Good luck getting a Viet Kieu prime minister.

Do you think corruption is going to disappear? South Vietnam as a "democracy" was highly corrupt. The US/CIA backed puppet governments rigged every election.

Democracy is not going to change Vietnam in any significant way.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You mean, what if the Democrats didn't pull the plug on a successful program called Vietnamization? You mean what would Vietnam be like if Congress supported the Republic of (South) Vietnam, instead of cutting off all military and humanitarian assistance? Nixon and Kissinger had put that war firmly in the win column, and that pissed off the likes of George McGovern, so they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory...

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

You mean, what if the Democrats didn't pull the plug on a successful program called Vietnamization? You mean what would Vietnam be like if Congress supported the Republic of (South) Vietnam, instead of cutting off all military and humanitarian assistance? Nixon and Kissinger had put that war firmly in the win column, and that pissed off the likes of George McGovern, so they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory...

And Vietnam would have most likely ended up like North and South Korea while costing the US god only knows how much money to keep troops there.

[luckytxn 2,265]

Vietnam will never be Democratic in our lifetime at least.

[aaron2020 11,651]

And Vietnam would have most likely ended up like North and South Korea while costing the US god only knows how much money to keep troops there.

North Korea and South Korea have been separated since then end of World War II. That's over 65 years ago. Legally, the Korean War never ended. An armistice was signed, and technically the two countries are still at war. This is why the US has over 35,000 troops along the North Korean and South Korean border. A border separated by miles of land mines.

North Vietnam and South Vietnam hasn't existed since 1975. There is only one country. It is extremely unlikely that Vietnam will return to being two separate countries. Democracy isn't going to end at the old North Vietnam and South Vietnam border. There is nothing there. The majority of the land mines there are gone.ccThe Vietnamese aren't going to reform a border to separate the country.

If Vietnam was to become a democracy, it would be as a single nation. The US will not have to put troops there.

The Korea situation is completely different from the Vietnam. The only commonality is "north" and "south" and "asian."

Yemen with it's political situation where the central government does not control vast parts of the country is more likely to split back into North Yemen and South Yemen before Vietnam splits up again.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

North Korea and South Korea have been separated since then end of World War II. That's over 65 years ago. Legally, the Korean War never ended. An armistice was signed, and technically the two countries are still at war. This is why the US has over 35,000 troops along the North Korean and South Korean border. A border separated by miles of land mines.

North Vietnam and South Vietnam hasn't existed since 1975. There is only one country. It is extremely unlikely that Vietnam will return to being two separate countries. Democracy isn't going to end at the old North Vietnam and South Vietnam border. There is nothing there. The majority of the land mines there are gone.ccThe Vietnamese aren't going to reform a border to separate the country.

If Vietnam was to become a democracy, it would be as a single nation. The US will not have to put troops there.

The Korea situation is completely different from the Vietnam. The only commonality is "north" and "south" and "asian."

Yemen with it's political situation where the central government does not control vast parts of the country is more likely to split back into North Yemen and South Yemen before Vietnam splits up again.

You missed the entire point. A poster was posting about "what if" the US had won that war, and I pointed out what it would have been like if the US did win that war. It would have been a country divided with a lot of troops on the border.

As far as North and South Korea...they are the same people, same language, different governments.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You missed the entire point. A poster was posting about "what if" the US had won that war...

The US did win that war, by bombing the ####### out of Hanoi, and forcing the North to make major concessions. The anti-war Democrats in Congress, bitter after McGovern's landslide loss in 1972, decided they would rather forfeit the country to the Communists, than let Nixon make good his campaign promise of, "Peace with Honor."

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

The US did win that war, by bombing the ####### out of Hanoi, and forcing the North to make major concessions. The anti-war Democrats in Congress, bitter after McGovern's landslide loss in 1972, decided they would rather forfeit the country to the Communists, than let Nixon make good his campaign promise of, "Peace with Honor."

The US won Vietnam? Pass the pipe this way!

Edited April 16, 2012 by Why_Me

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

The US did win that war....

[aaron2020 11,651]

The US did win that war, by bombing the ####### out of Hanoi, and forcing the North to make major concessions. The anti-war Democrats in Congress, bitter after McGovern's landslide loss in 1972, decided they would rather forfeit the country to the Communists, than let Nixon make good his campaign promise of, "Peace with Honor."

The US won Vietnam? Pass the pipe this way!

Ha. Ha.

The Viet Kieu community is going to be really pissed that no one told them the US won the war. Why endure death as boat people when the US won the war?

And damn it, all my history books are wrong. Must scratch out "US lost the Vietnam War" and replace it with "US won the Vietnam War."

Edited April 16, 2012 by aaron2020

[aaron2020 11,651]

That's me at the top of the ladder. The US Embassy told me that the US won the war, and we were going on a victory tour of the city.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

That's me at the top of the ladder. The US Embassy told me that the US won the war, and we were going on a victory tour of the city.