The Vietnam War, as Seen by the Victors

OrangeDragon · Post by **OrangeDragon** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 10:41 pm

http://www.theatlantic.com/internationa ... se/390627/

Decades after what’s known here as the “American War,” Vietnam remains a communist state. But it has gradually opened to foreign investment, becoming one of the fastest-growing economies in East Asia. As an American who has lived in the Vietnamese capital for three years, I rarely hear the conflict discussed. At Huu Tiep Lake, which is located at the quiet junction of two residential alleys, vendors sell fresh produce without glancing at the wreckage of a B-52 that was shot down there in 1972 and still juts out of the water as a memorial. Nor do many passersby stop to read the plaque that describes, in both English and Vietnamese, the “outstanding feat of arm” that brought down the bomber of the “US imperialist.”

Some interesting perspectives from several Vietnamese who were present and/or participated in the war.

prahkeitouj · Post by **prahkeitouj** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 10:47 pm

Interesting!

Soi Dog · Post by **Soi Dog** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 10:47 pm

The Add Jay · Post by **The Add Jay** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:48 am

'You know, you never beat us on the battlefield,' I told my North Vietnamese counterpart during negotiations in Hanoi a week before the fall of Saigon. He pondered that remark a moment and then replied, 'That may be so, but it is also irrelevant.'

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