Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 14:18:48 -0400
Subject: Re: Who won in Vietnam?


At 8:35 PM 4/4/96, Robert Malecki wrote:

>I wonder if you have a cristalball. Because nobody could see how the above
>would turn out. In fact, with your reasoning there should never had been a
>left opposition to Stalin, Mao, Fidel, Ho Chi Minh because 20 years later
>everything turned into one big defeat and who needs victories.

We're not talking about predicting the future, we're trying to evaluate the
past. Certain members of this list seem to have a constitutional inhibition
when it comes to that. Empty rhetoric about heroic victories helps no one,
except maybe those who want to sustain their own illusions.

Doug

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