Tag: Vietnam
Parallel Universes: Vietnam and Palestine
Empowering and charismatic resilience is the core identity of the Vietnamese and the Palestinian people, their point of most profound convergence.
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PBS’s Vietnam Acknowledges Nixon’s Treason
One redeeming thing about PBS’s documentary ‘The Vietnam War’ is its acknowledgment of how Richard Nixon treasonously prolonged the criminal violence.
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Cambodia Targeted by Globalists for “Color Revolution”?
Prime Minister Hun Sen has acted to prevent Cambodia from becoming subservient to Washington, which makes his government a target for regime change.
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Will the Gulf of Tonkin Fit into the Red Sea?
Why it doesn’t matter whether the USS Mason was actually fired upon by Yemenis.
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Bring Back The Cold War
A new Cold War would be preferable to the insane drive for world hegemony emanating from the evil criminals in Washington driving the world to Armageddon.
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The China Factor in Russia-Vietnam Security Ties
Russia is pursuing stronger ties with Vietnam to build its influence in East Asia against the rise of China.
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VICTORY IN VIETNAM! (History and Reflections)
The US has been the world’s principal mass killer since the end of WWII, but Americans support or are indifferent to its violence.
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Vietnam: How I Almost Bought the Reunification Palace
On a mission to secure a piece of Vietnam’s history.
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International Realities and Philippine Foreign Policy Under Ferdinand Marcos
President Ferdinand Marcos managed to effectively meet the primary goals of Philippine foreign policy during his presidency.
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Malala and Eartha Kitt: Words that Matter
The White House praises Malala for her commitment to education and courage, but pointedly overlooking that part of her comment devoted to drones.
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The Death of a Giant: Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap
Vietnamese Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, who helped defeat Japan, then France, then the United States in a 35-year war for national independence, died in Hanoi on Oct. 4 at the age of 102.
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Encounters With Rogue Monks in Ho Chi Minh City
Damn my stupid generosity and wanting to make a difference in Tet.
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American Foreign Policy – Have our war lovers learned anything?
Over the past four decades, of all the reasons people over a certain age have given for their becoming radicalized against US foreign policy, the Vietnam War has easily been the one most often cited.
Read MoreTruman Administration’s Containment Policy in Light of the French Return to Indochina
It is possible to argue that Truman (with the creation and the implementation of his Doctrine) made the first steps towards the American presence in Southeast Asia that involved United States in Vietnam for a very long time.
Read MoreBeyond Language: Reflections on the Arakan Tragedy
Earlier this week, I listened to the Turkish First Lady, the wife of the Prime Minister, Emine Erdogan, speak about her recent harrowing visit to the Rohingya people in the the federal state of Arakan.
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(South China) Sea of Problems: A Question of Energy Security
Why China Should Devote Energy Into Regional Security
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A Night at the Theatre With Vietnam’s Water Puppets
On a warm evening in Hanoi’s Thanh Long Theatre, the best way to cool off and be entertained is watch a few wooden characters tell a story while floating in a shallow pool.
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Hanoi, Quy Nhon and My Bargaining Curse
From the moment I arrived at Hanoi’s main bus depot late at night after a 27 hour bus ride,...
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The Afghanistan War in the Mirror of the Tet Offensive: When ‘Defeat’ Became ‘Victory’
On January 31, 1968, the combined forces of North Vietnam (DRV or Democratic Force of Vietnam) and...
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Vo Thai Lan in Saigon
My first experience training with a Vietnamese boxing and Muay Thai team didn’t work out very...
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