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That's the Chomsky view - that it was a symbolic but Pyrrhic victory for the DRV/NLF. On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 4:09 PM Michael Meeropol <mamee...@gmail.com> wrote: > MUCH MORE INTERESTING QUESTION _- Did the US in the end "WIN" the wars in > Indochina by destroying the indigenous independent revolutionary forces > within "South" Vietnam thereby leading to the conquest of South Vietnam by > North Vietnam -- the unification of Vietnam under the Northern regime > rather than a true compromise --- leading, ultimately, to the slide towards > capitalism in Vietnam --- > > Whether it was because of the politics of the DRV or the destruction of > the ability of the entire country -- north and south -- to support itself > due to agent orange, unexploded ordinance, a massive death toll, etc. --- > the result was no "socialist paradise" but an economically depressed > country that in the end opted for capitalism. > > The US prevented the spread of a nationalistic version of communism which > of course was the main reason for opposing the Viet Minh when they were > fighting the French --- a great cost in human life. Vietnam, Laos and > Cambodia got to control their own country but the people of none of those > countries ended up with socialism ... > > So the question remains -- did international capitalism ultimately WIN the > war against the INdochinese people?? > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
