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Nation & World

Today in History, July 2: Amelia Earhart, Civil Rights, and Vietnam

Posted July 2, 2008

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North and South Vietnam

If Sean Tran holds his current views regarding how badly he feels present day Viet Nam suffers, he would do well to research how South Viet Nam existed under the Diem and Thieu "freely elected" governments. Also worth examining how the elections were conducted in the 1950's and 60's in South Vietnam. The economy of Viet Nam is growing unlike the times of "democracy".

democracy

Communist and dictatorship kill more people than any dease in the world.I think the world should pay attention to Vietnam,china,cuba,north korea, myanmar and Zembaware...if the world without communist and dictatorship.The world would be the better place to live.

This is the most wonderful day in history

1. In 1776 we were on the threshold of Declaring our Independance.

2. Only when people are abused and frightened to their limit, will they depose the Dictator.

North and South Vietnam

There has never been a reunification of Vietnam as long as there is no Press freedom, no human rights. There is only communist subjugation where priests are being gagged in kangaroo courts, children and women are trafficked for sex slavery, pandemics keep recurring in a wretched environment...The predatory governance of Vietnam is squandering billions of dollars of foreign aid in soccer game bets, in opaque investments in real estate, in speculative currency transactions, etc...Vietnam, Myanmar, Cuba, North Korea, China are all the same prostitution of ethics with different colors of economics painted by the West. Give the people their voice and you will hear their protests whenever the dictators of their countries appear on the international stages of Paris, London, Berlin, Washington, D.C., etc...

Lousy Day

Clearly this was a lousy day in history and should be avoided in the future.

July 2

The real Independence day.

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