May 08, 2004
What A Burden It Is Being White
Then: President Jimmy Carter attempted to resume relations with Vietnam in 1977, declaring that "the destruction was mutual". Talks broke down, however, over the issue of American MIAs and over the promised reparations, especially after the Vietnamese released a copy of Nixon’s secret letter of 1973, which promised aid "without any preconditions". Fearing that reparations would amount to an admission of wrongdoing, Congress added amendments to trade bills that also cut Vietnam off from international lending agencies like the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Normalization of relations was suspended, deepening the economic crisis facing Vietnam in the aftermath of the war’s destruction.
Now: "The only thing worse than being occupied is being an occupier." -- Paul Bremer
Posted by Eddie Tews at May 8, 2004 10:44 PM
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