“Anyone who doubts that this nation building and police activity has not become real and very effective right here in the United States need only visit the area around Fort Bragg to find one of these early paramilitary CIA-oriented specialist, General Tolson, sending his American soldiers out into the countryside with nation-building programs for the citizens of the United States.
Thank you for these insights into US dirty tricks in Vietnam and how they ripped apart the social fabric, facilitating the death and mayhem of the American war there. Interesting to note the long history of French exploitation of the region prior to the advent of communism. Peace researcher and mediator Johan Galtung once told me that Ho Chi Minh was at the 1919 peace conference in Versailles where he initially applauded Woodrow Wilson's affirmation of self-determination for all people, until, that is, Wilson made it clear that "all people" did not include the residents of Southeast Asia....
Indonesia proclaimed its independence from the Dutch in August 1945, but it would take more than 5 years before this was recognised (Round Table Conference; The Hague, Dec. 1950). in Indonesia too a vicious civil war broke out, intertwined with the decolonisation and the repatriation of former Dutch civilians after the Japanese occupation. scars still run deep among those involved. it's absolutely horrifying to think the patterns of willfull destruction and violence, perpetrated by foreign spooks and military are still being played out.
Thank you Cynthia. Having served in Indo-China during these atrocities, I can attest that the U.S. has been hoisted on their own petard and as Malcom X so succinctly put it; “the chickens are coming home to roost”. Perhaps, with all things being brought to remembrance, through excellent work such as yours, the world can be redeemed, versus another civil war, conflagration and new dark age. Of note, the Vietnamese Nationalists would rightly be ascribed as the true counter insurgents; given that the insurgents were those that sought to overthrow those rejecting the Colonialist’s and MAAG PsyOp insurgents in Vietnam. This appears a crucial point to understand; merely protesting war is not sufficient; what is necessary is an effective and organized counter insurgency resistance, (in the realm of cognition). “Organization” is a strategic imperative.
Thank you for these insights into US dirty tricks in Vietnam and how they ripped apart the social fabric, facilitating the death and mayhem of the American war there. Interesting to note the long history of French exploitation of the region prior to the advent of communism. Peace researcher and mediator Johan Galtung once told me that Ho Chi Minh was at the 1919 peace conference in Versailles where he initially applauded Woodrow Wilson's affirmation of self-determination for all people, until, that is, Wilson made it clear that "all people" did not include the residents of Southeast Asia....
Indonesia proclaimed its independence from the Dutch in August 1945, but it would take more than 5 years before this was recognised (Round Table Conference; The Hague, Dec. 1950). in Indonesia too a vicious civil war broke out, intertwined with the decolonisation and the repatriation of former Dutch civilians after the Japanese occupation. scars still run deep among those involved. it's absolutely horrifying to think the patterns of willfull destruction and violence, perpetrated by foreign spooks and military are still being played out.
Thank you Cynthia. Having served in Indo-China during these atrocities, I can attest that the U.S. has been hoisted on their own petard and as Malcom X so succinctly put it; “the chickens are coming home to roost”. Perhaps, with all things being brought to remembrance, through excellent work such as yours, the world can be redeemed, versus another civil war, conflagration and new dark age. Of note, the Vietnamese Nationalists would rightly be ascribed as the true counter insurgents; given that the insurgents were those that sought to overthrow those rejecting the Colonialist’s and MAAG PsyOp insurgents in Vietnam. This appears a crucial point to understand; merely protesting war is not sufficient; what is necessary is an effective and organized counter insurgency resistance, (in the realm of cognition). “Organization” is a strategic imperative.
And all while creating a government for South Vietnam . They managed to manufacture an enemy as well. Sound familiar?
It was hard to hit the like button on this article, as there wasn't anything to like about it--a real tearjerker.
Great read in honor of the American military in Vietnam. https://tinyurl.com/3eff5hyc