Vietnam Myopia, 50 Years Later

[Keith Davis]

It was pointed out that someone already posted this article. Sorry, I missed that.

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> On Oct 3, 2017, at 5:18 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I've just read it too and I saw a different--fuller--movie than he did. 
> 1) lots on the 'entered with good intentions' line...which in the movie is said when the US stood next to the Vietnam leader Against French colonialism....this line is not about America's entry...
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> 2) I saw lots of reference to the Cold War ideology and therefore the domino theory. He just wanted a different emphasis, I think. I think it was there clearly as the leading rotten idea...
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> 3) when he showed the protest movements, he was also showing the perception of the movements, the actions.....and I think Burns got it right......one quibble I had with Burns argues against this guy's eyes: why did he have to repeat the exact same footage from the Dem 68 convention where the protesters are getting beaten and taken into paddy wagons....makes THAT look like the generalization of a too particular moment...
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> 4) More
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>> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 11:28 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've just read 'Vietnam Myopia, 50 Years Later' at https://www.truthdig.com/articles/vietnam-myopia-50-years-later/
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