>As far as Vietnam is concerned, I have the following thoughts: Vietnam is a proud nation with a long history. I feel it has as much right to be free as any nation on the face of the earth. Unfortunately, history has been unkind to Vietnam, as it has a long history of occupation. Also unfortunate, Ho Chi Minh was a communist, which is an ideology against that of the Free World.

I would change that from "free world" to "captialist world".

Going off topic... you know a lot about the history of asia. Why was Thailand(Siam) never occupied by a European power like many other Asian nations? China was never occupied except for tiny portions, and Japan was occupied until 1945.