• PhlubbaDubba
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    2 months ago

    IIRC Kennedy was more just doing it to keep the french from doing something stupid, Johnson was the one who kicked it into full gear

      • theareciboincident@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 months ago

        TBF they literally won a total war against the greatest military powers back to back and built the foundation for one of the rising stars of the region today.

        Something like 90% home ownership rates, a HOT labor market, low cost of living, incredible food, a friendly and honest culture, 4.4% poverty rate, a serious effort to improve development metrics (universal healthcare, literacy rate, maternal care, etc)…

        Sure sounds like the fight was worth it compared to how the US-aligned developing countries turned out.

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          2 months ago

          Sure sounds like the fight was worth it compared to how the US-aligned developing countries turned out.

          Yeah, who would want to be a shithole like South Korea or Taiwan? /s

          The fight of Vietnam against American occupation was correct on its own merits - namely, that of the morality of national self-determination. Trying to bring in other criteria doesn’t strengthen the point, and can very well weaken it.