The Viet Cong were no angels. They killed my grandpa, who was affectionately known as the Kansas Kid Killer. They wiped out his whole unit, the Easterner Exterminators.
Guys I went to a revolutionary war museum in America and it was nothing but blatant anti-English propaganda! Heavily lacking in nuance, no talk of the bad things Americans did to the crown.
Great part about this comparison is the self-mythologizing about the Revolutionary War about how our brilliant minutemen were hiding in trees and ambushing British soldiers.
In the Netflix series, Ken Burns says the war was ”begun in good faith by decent people, out of fateful misunderstandings”, and aren't both sides to blame, really? A much more balanced view.
If only, the documentary left out Agent Orange completely. Regular massacres by US troops received exactly zero mention. But a lot of time was wasted of crying how the war divided the american public, with forder anti-war protesters crying how bad they were to their ghoulish neighbours.
I think I'm entering a Joker-ified era and feeling some grotesque glee at seeing these people flail and whine as they are forced to confront the objective evil of the US colonial empire.
must be nice to think you live in the superhero nation and there just so happens to be evil villain nations who want to destroy you with their propaganda..
"The Vietnamese don't understand anything that we did to their country, but I, a white westerner afraid to leave my house because of news propaganda designed to manipulate, understand literally everything better than they do. This is why you should do what I say and watch a Netflix show about it instead"
For people who haven't clicked the link yet, heavy NSFL warning; there's pics of children born with deformities. (Although thank you for the link honestly)
What disgusts me as well (even looking at the portion talking about the crimes of the French against the Vietnamese people) is that it's being conducted by people who even then, not merely today, thought they were superior to the people they were conducting horrific crimes against. I genuinely hope the global South deepens ties with China and Russia; Imperialist governments are a cancer on this world.
when i was there about a year ago they had another exposition of children’s drawings during covid, the way soldiers and the state were celebrated for helping their people is something completely foreign to the west
Yeah I remember when I watched Red Dawn all I could think was this is just American propaganda to slander all the invading Russian/DPRK soldiers as war criminals; Yes I agree some troops committed war crimes in America, but not all those Americans were poor, innocent people. They need to show both sides. Don't bother going over there, just watch the Russian show instead.
"I was there, My Lai was self defence, those children and women were.... Hamas? Where am I again? Have you seen my... I can't find... I don't- What year is it??" - American boomer, brain disintegrating in real time from a combination of Fox News, Agent Orange, long COVID, leaded gasoline and suppressed guilt.