>>>Just like the pull-out from Vietnam lead to the spread of communism.
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>It certainly led to the spread of communism in Vietnam! Of course Vietnam was completely different from the current scenario- even placing aside the issue of international support, Vietnam was politically more akin to the Kuwait liberation than to the current Iraq exercise. The foe is different as well, since he/she represents a threat to many of our homelands rather than confining him/herself to conveniently distant and abstract locations.


Yes. But do we currently care if they are communist? The PM of Vietnam visited the White House a couple of weeks ago, basically to do business between the two countries. So it seems that we do not care about their politics. Not to mention we do a ton of business with China, another communist country. We seem to be very selective in that regard. Are there any 'good communists' (China, Vietnam), and 'bad communists'(N.Korea, Cuba)? Kind of hypocritical if you ask me.