Someone recently asked me what I thought about the War in Vietnam. My response surprised him. I said that I was happy that the war ended. He asked me to elaborate and below was the jist of our conversation.
I look at the current world situation, especially what is happening in the Korean Peninsula, and am grateful that the war ended. I think Vietnam would be in a similar situation as North and South Korea had the war not ended. Both conflicts were really proxy wars between US, China, and Russia. They have to supply the weapons and the resources on both sides to continue the fighting. Many ongoing conflicts in the world right now are that. The end of the war caused harm to the losing side but in 20-50 years Vietnam would be better off as a people and a nation because they are united. We are seeing that now in the overall economic development whereas in the Korean Peninsula, the South is wealthy and the North is starving.
The best thing that happened to Vietnam (both North & South) on April 30, 1975 is that over 2 million Vietnamese people have scattered all over the world in pursuit of new opportunities. Their offspring have been benefiting of the best education and training from the rest of the world and someday will return to their former homeland to build a more prosperous Vietnam. I started seeing many good things happening every time I went back to Vietnam.
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I have met lots of Vietnamese emigrants but you're in the minority that wanna come back to Vietnam.
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Deep down in me, I want to live in Vietnam. Just finding new opportunities outside, gonna go back for sure!
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What about yourself?
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First off, this is a very good post @nuoctuong.
Sadly, the U.S. has seemingly been stuck in a perpetual-war mode for most of the years since the stalemate. The soldiers who fought in battle are now men in their 6th and 7th decades of life; still with battle-scar wounds and stories.
War is ugly. War is brutal; and, I'm glad you have found solace in the aftermath after these many years.
While nostalgic, most people tend to grow where they're planted. It's like those who came to America from other countries at the turn of the 20th century. They made America home. They built businesses and families. While their roots and cultures were embraced and maintained from a distant place, home became where their gardens grew.
Btw, best hopes for the two Koreas.
Best regards.
Peace.
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I agree with your insight. However, I do wish to one day be able to make Vietnam home again... one day...
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GBY...May your desires be fulfilled, since they are born from within.
Peace.
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We are in a war with secret people who hide behind other things. Vietnam and America and Italy and England and many countries fight in a war right now and for many years against Globalists.
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Where is your hometown in Vietnam?
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Go Cong, Tien Giang Vietnam
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You're from South :)
I guessed it so...
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