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Date:         Thu, 21 Jan 1993 10:56:16 PST
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From:         vton <vton@HPRMO.ROSE.HP.COM>
Subject: Re: Vietnam's communist ... don't help them
              "25853-tang" at Jan 21, 93 2:09 pm

>
> In article <105728@netnews.upenn.edu>, tungle@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Tung T.
 Le) writes:
> |>
> |> >
> |> >Oh my hell!!!  I couldn't believe I am seeing this kind of message.
 Somebody
> |> >actually feel bad/sorry and wanted to help the COMMUNIST Vietnam.  You
 must
> |> >have forgotten how those COMMUNIST people treated your people after they
> |> >took over.
> |>
> |>
> |> The author who posted  "Oh my hell!"  obviously haven't got any tiny  hell
 of
> |> idea about what's it like to succeed as a people, regardless of ideology.
> |> The current economics situation in Vietnam deserves to be fixed quickly
 because
> |> it is enslaving our people.
> |>
> |> I firmly believe that we are born a very intelligent people, endowed with
> |> generally more abilities than others. We have the potential to be one of
> |> the best in the world. However, our main stumbling block has been that we
 are
> |> easily influenced to be divided in ideology.
> |>
> |> We must all unite together  and help the economy get moving fast. Because
 only
> |> then can we show the world what we are made up of. Also, China is beginning
> |> to try to exert influence over us once again. They are taking over our
 right of
> |> sovereignty in the islands  of  Spratly & Paracel  (Quan dao Truong Sa &
> |> Hoang Sa).
> |>
> |> They have more money and resource than  Vietnam  and the West won't help
> |> small, poor  Vietnam  defend against Chinese aggression because they wanna
> |> play "kiss-up" to appease China to get their UN vote for things like
 bombing
> |> Iraq.  NOW is the time to get our house in order.
> |>
> |> Every Vietnamese should help our country economically & politically. If you
> |> can vote, write to your congressmen & senators to press them to pressure
> |> Bill Clinton to normalize relation with Vietnam. Tell them US-Vietnamese
> |> community supports normalization.
> |>

            Hi Tung,
            Please think carefully.  We want to help the Vietnamese PEOPLE,
            not the government.  Where will the financial aid go if
            the diplomatic relation taking place NOW?  Will all
            the money go to benefit our PEOPLE or will it go to the government
            officials and fatten the communist leaders?  Think about the
            corruption, bribery, and embezzlement in VN nowadays.
            What will happen to our PEOPLE when the communist government
            becomes stronger, even just temporarily?  Will the greedy leaders
            relinquish the power?   Of course, not.  Instead, they will try
            harder to stay on power.  And oppressing people further is an
            obvious consequence.

             Vu~

> |> We have everything to lose from Vietnam's isolation  and only fools
> |> says "Oh they are communists ... don't help them."  Even Mr. Nguyen Cao Ky,
> |> the arch enemy of communists openly calls for Vietnam's normalization.
> |>
> |> PS: I'm not in favor of communism. I've lived in the US for 11 yrs. Came
 when
> |>       I was only 13 yrs old. Worked hard and made it up the ranks in the
 US.
>


           I hope you still remember how much happier life our people lived
           before 1975 although the country was at war.

           Vu~


|>       Now studying in an  Ivy League university, graduate soon and will have
> |>       lots of jobs waiting for me. But each night  I only dreams of coming
> |>       home to Vietnam. To help the people I left behind.
> |>
> |>       I've been back in Vietnam 3 times and images of our people suffering
>
|>       never left me. The gov is very friendly and welcomes with open arms.
>


               When someone needs something from you, do they greet you
               with an unfriendly face???  Please read our history books.

               Vu~
|


>       They are ready to lay rest to past conflicts, after all we are all
> |>       Vietnamese people born of the same blood. What ideology we believe in
> |>       is not as important as what we have done to help our country.
> |> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
s
               But it is VERY IMPORTANT TO THE LEADERS IN HANOI.
>
               Vu~


|>



> |>
> |>                    Le Thanh Tung
> |>                               tungle@eniac.seas.upenn.edu  (Penn)
> |>
> |>
>
> Mr. Le Thanh Tung
>
> What do you think about the comments from Mr. Son Nguyen &
> Mr. Cuong Bui about the article you posted early ??
>
> So. When are you going back to Viet Nam?. A friend of mine is
> trying to get into University of Pennsylvania. He needs some
> rooms. I Hope you will soon leave this place. If you wish, My
> friends will chip in buy you an "one way ticket" back home to
> VN. Stay there. Do not come back. The VN government will welcome
> you with a nice, warm & open arms. They are waiting for you to go
> home now. Hurry Up. Take your parents home with you too.
>
>
>