Replying to a message of Adam Flinton to Jeff Shultz:

 AF> From: "Adam Flinton" 


 AF> "Jeff Shultz"  wrote in message
 AF> news:7jgc1vo93mlp473pipjc4cg6noucelg0ds{at}4ax.com...
 >>> Hohum. When the French pulled out of Vietnam (singular) the deal was
 >>> that the North / South thing was temporary. It was the politicos&
 >>> generals of
 AF> the
 >>> south who decided to break all the agreements because they knew
 >>> everyone would vote for uncle Ho. 
 >> Admittedly, if the colonial powers had paid attention to Uncle Ho when
 >> he showed up in Paris in 1919 history might have been very different. 

 AF> Or the US at the end of WW2. Ho was in favour of the US until the US
 AF> decided he was a commie & then he had to turn to the SU.

Probably mostly true.  But it was Truman's decision not to recognize his
functioning government that was perhaps our greatest mistake.

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