The French getting butt-kicked? Since when? :P ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 6:25 PM Subject: Re: RE: Empire-Building
> Even before the "domino effect", you had the French butt-kicked at Dien Bien > Phu, and the Geneva Accords (which the U.S. did _not_ sign), which specified > the _temporary_ partitioning of Vietnam into North and South, with a DMZ. There > were supposed to be national free elections within a specified time period. > > The U.S. realized that Ho Chi Minh would likely garner 70% or more of the vote, > and instead of complying with the accords, installed a puppet government and > began providing military "advisors" etc. > > Little did the U.S. realize that Ho hated the Chinese, former occupiers of > Vietnam, and would have likely been amenable to peaceful relations and perhaps > trade with the U.S. had we recognized him... > > -Ben > > I wonder if Vietnam was an example if "hard power", as he liked to call it. > > That war, after all, was a result of that administration's policies on > > containing the "domino effect". > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:59 pm > > Subject: RE: Empire-Building > > > > > Thanks. I like the fuller version better. > > > > > > If Powell wasn't so damn smart, he'd run for President. > > > > > > Andy > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 5:40 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Empire-Building > > > > > > > > > http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/powell.asp > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:21 pm > > > Subject: Empire-Building > > > > > > > When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was > > > > asked by the > > > > Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an > > > > example of empire > > > > building by George Bush. > > > > > > > > He answered by saying, "Over the years, the United States has sent > > > > many of its > > > > fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom > > > > beyond our > > > > borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in > > > > return is enough > > > > to bury those that did not return!" > > > > > > > > It became very quiet in the room. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
