Having a hard time telling by reading history books and listening to the news?

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"How could you possibly live in the freest nation in the history of the world and only see oppression? How could you live in the least imperialist power in human history and see us as the ultimate in imperialism? How can you live in the least bigoted nation in human history ... and see racism lurking in every dark shadow?" he asked.

The comedian attributed the trend to a "rejection of all fact, reason, evidence, logic, truth, morality, and decency."

If you read any history books, you would know that Vietnam is one word, not two.

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The Phils are champs, go phuck yourself!

That's a good one, and We Lost is two words.

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"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people".

Hey Colin thanks buddy,
in my opinion,

Communism is DEAD, sooner rather than later, thanks to their bankruptcy in the arms race that took place shortly after the war,
culminating in the generation of the Reagan deficits that 18 generations of Americans were supposed to end up paying.

Millions of oppressed commies living in freedom loving democratic republics today.

Can't find it in a history book or google.

It is amazing that even today, the liberals, the press can't let go,
they supported the commies all the way to the end,
now they just in large part deny what actually took place.

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"How could you possibly live in the freest nation in the history of the world and only see oppression? How could you live in the least imperialist power in human history and see us as the ultimate in imperialism? How can you live in the least bigoted nation in human history ... and see racism lurking in every dark shadow?" he asked.

The comedian attributed the trend to a "rejection of all fact, reason, evidence, logic, truth, morality, and decency."

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If he ever had to eat his own words he'd die of malnutrition.
Colin P. Varga 1991

Communism the economic system may be dead (or on life support in North Korea and Cuba), but Communist political parties remain very much alive and have managed to maintain political control over what have become capitalist economies.

Such is the case in both the People's Republic of China and in Vietnam.

As anyone who knows the history of Fascist political parties knows, while capitalism and democracy complement each other, democracy is not a necessary precondition or co-requisite for a capitalist economic order. If a for-profit company can make a profit under authoritarian rule, it will do so and not care that much about the authoritarianism. Same goes with dictatorships, whether "of the proletariat" or the old-fashioned kind. Capitalist prosperity tends to undermine the legitimacy of the dictator as it spreads throughout the populace, though.

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"Jazz and blogging are both intimate, improvisational, and individual -- but also inherently collective. And the audience talks over both." --Andrew Sullivan, "Why I Blog," The Atlantic, November 2008

Pol pot and the other drug runnin despots were the true winners of the war!!!

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It's surreal to wake up with a Conga line of rubber duckies lined up across your chest.

I spent a lot of money on booze, women and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.

If i had to pick anyone on PB in which to have a 3-way with, it would be towelie and jedi. seriously.

I know you're new here, but depictions of people being plowed in the a$$ belong in the political forum

U.S. companies have the chance to launch or increase their current sales in this growing market by joining Commerce Assistant Secretary for Trade Promotion Israel Hernandez as he leads a delegation of U.S. businesses on the Business Development Mission to Vietnam June 16-20, 2008.

Source: http://www.export.gov/vietnammission/


Winners

Present : U.S. companies (Coca Cola etc.) & Vietnamese Communist Party

Past : U.S. companies (defense contractors) & Vietnamese Communist Party

Losers

U.S. Total Dead and Wounded : 211,454

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...ualties_of_war


Vietnamese Total Dead and Wounded : In the millions but who cares ...

WHO WON THE VIETNAM WAR?

1)The US Military/Inustrial complex; 2)the CIA, which enhanced and expanded it's heroin business, influence and arms trade; 3)international organized crime elements who did the same as #2; 3) US/International banking interests...4) the 'communists'.

WHO LOST?

The American people, the Vietnamese people & the Cambodians.

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The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? - Psalm 27:1