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Iraq Vietnam ParallelI read that Nike workers in Vietnam are unhappy about the working conditions at the Nike plant "in Vietnam" and have gone on strike twice. They claim that their $1 (U.S) a day is not enough for long work day, and they want more money and treated like human-beings, not slaves.

Was not this the start of the Vietnam War, French textile workers revolting because of harsh working conditions and slave wages? Did they not want to join the communist party to be liberated? And now the communist party is the largest manufacture of textiles in the world? Does this mean that the over 40,000 Americans that lost their lives, gave their lives for nothing? Will Iraq parallel Vietnam; no matter how long we are there it will ultimately revert back to the way it was?

And finally, does it matter whether we are there for 10 years or 100; can time mask or justify our loss of live and resources?

What is your opinion regarding this?

Douglas Chick
DouglasChick@gmail.com

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linecrosser read my blog
Feb 22, 2008 | 9:29 PM

After WW2 the, power that were, decided to give Vietnam back to France. It was a French colony before the war. As one country they appealed for their independence. BLEEP Chi Mein's Declaration of Independence started off and read much like ours "We The People" It was decided that giving Vietnam back to France would be the quickest and cheapest way to restore France back to it's prewar position. Vietnam fought back. Not having a Army or any military they turned to China and Russia for support. Their true desire was to be free and independent, they choose to get help from communist countries because the so called free democracies had already decided against them being free. It may be another generation for the population of Vietnam to gain the benefits of being free but before that happens the western world will have to find another group to commercially exploit. We should have just let them be free like they wanted after WW2
Iraq, will only be left alone when the oil dries up. Or American and other so called compassionate nations wise up and replace oil with a renewable source of power and if we can get some third world countries population to grow and harvest it for next to nothing then we will.

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