As long as Vietnam remains a communist country, the people will never be free. Ho Chi Minh should be tried for crime against the Vietnamese and the country. Communist governments around the world had murdered well over 120 millions people so far in the 20th Century, the bloodiest century in the history of man. Communism is the ultimate leftist ideal, even it was proven wrong over and over again, many leftists still believe in it.

As Kevin says himself... (See next post for a copy of his own statement). A hapless series of reporting outside of the Hot Zone... proabably a couple or few weeks old. Proabaly a series of reports while he tajes a rest. Evidenced by at least two of the diary reports containing AP/Rueters material... syaff work? Anyway... see his article on Kashmir Soccer for his won admission of hapless reporting.

Kevin's own word reprinted: Worse, not better This is a conflict I simply hoped would go away. But it hasn't. With each passing day the Israeli-Hezbollah war seems to grow larger, while I am haplessly out of place doing a retrospective on Vietnam. As a part of the Hot Zone project, I had covered Lebanon in December, including an interview with a senior Hezbollah official, and reported from Israel and Gaza in February. Now, after covering conflicts in 19 countries for almost a full year, I am burnt out, feeding a residual anger at the senseless violence that plagues the globe. Nearly all of the places that I've traveled, with the exception of Nepal, have gotten worse rather than better. Heartbreakers like beautiful Sri Lanka's unnecessary conflict are particularly hard to take. But while we pledged not to chase headlines, conflict is the mandate for this project and we can't in good conscience ignore one with so many geopolitical complexities that could change the entire power dynamic of the Middle East. So in mid-July, instead of continuing east for more Asia reporting, I board an Emirates flight for Amman, Jordan. The next day, with the help of my fixer and fellow journalist, Jad Melki, I'm able to hire a car and driver to go against the refugee exodus on an eight-hour, war-gouging $1,200 ride into Beirut.

Things are moving in the EU and NATO Countries that are more pertinently linked to the Hot Zone. I hope Kevin gets a chance to finish his rest, and get back into the fray.

Find the Zen of "get over it" as it was 30+ years ago. Plus, I want 10 rounds recon by fire. 5 HE and 5 Willie Pete. Grid co-ordinates as follows...

Amnesty Internation has sites for the Vietnam human rights situation. Reports go back tom 1995, and may be archived beyond that. Also, AI has a page on the entire region, including the impact of "War on Terror" excuses being exploited for other agendas.

I loved the dancing girls in the video... Woof! Lot of clean streets, full shelves, people eating... I wonder? did they let Kevin vist the Montanyard villages... we'll see.

I wonder... Operation "Vietnam Freedom"? Free all those happy smiling folks from a repressive government? Does Vietnam have Nukes? Advance Democracy..... Hmm...

Peddling Paranoia Promulgating Pre-emptive Peace Produces Poor Pliant Populaces

Response to post #1 by drnojb. It was Nixon who abandoned South Vietnam in the fight against communists. The Republicans kept saying about how bad communists are, but Nixon (a Republican) went to China (A Big Communist country) in 1972 to meet Mao. This was an effort to isolate the USSR by Nixon. This also made American businesses happy because of a huge market potential and huge cheap labor sources. So, Does the USA really care about fighting communists, the supposed bad guys? The answer is NO. It's all about MONEY and power. Who cares about communisim?