Hillary Clionton is in Hanoi - says US wants human rights for Vietnamese - Viets say

[old mark]

"So what"...Link:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/22/AR2010072200713.html

Vietnamese representative tells Clinton that differences are "cultural" and change should not be inposed from the outside...


mark

[Bonobo]

1. We killed 3 million Vietnamese and deformed 4 million more.

I hardly think we are in any position to lecture Vietnam or anyone else.

We haven't properly apologized, we don't teach the truth about Vietnam War in our schools, doesn't that sound like what people accuse Japan of?

[old mark]

2. OK, but to be somewhat fair, the North Viets killed millions of the southreners

and do maintain a very repressive, brutally authoritarian regime...


mark

[Bonobo]

3. And more Americans died in OUR civil war than all wars combined. nt

[JVS]

4. Don't expect Hanoi to ever be in the mood for buying what we're selling.

We don't have any credibility with them.

[old mark]

9. We have been giving them a lot of money and industrial plants -

that we could have used here.
The Hanoi government is very doctrinaire communist - the South not so much - they are more open to capitalism/enterprise.
Hanoi does not like that, but it brings in a lot of wealth.


mark

[Wilms]

5. She seems increasingly cartoonish.

In a Condoleeza kind of way.

[democrank]

6. Maybe Hillary could suggest the name of someone

to work on human rights here at home.

[old mark]

8. ...like in Arizona? nt

[democrank]

7. Maybe Hillary could suggest the name of someone

to work on human rights here at home.

[mmonk]

10. Dear Madame Secretary, you have no clothes.

[madrchsod]

11. hillary...do not not offend vietnam...walmart is one of their best customers