I can only speak as my experience as an American (🤮), but I’ve noticed the media hardly ever talks about contemporary Vietnam. Most other AES (and even formerly AES) states get ruthlessly bashed at every opportunity, but I almost never see anything about Vietnam.
Is there a reason for this?
the us wants it as an ally in the region against china. there are no permanent friends or enemies in geopolitics.
One day, everyone in the US will suddenly go from not being able to tell Vietnam apart from China to being PhDs in Vietnamology, intimately familiar with its history, culture, and politics.
You know, like they did with Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Hong Kong, need I go on?
And viruses and climate
and suddenly become empaths and sense that they desperately want some freedom sent their way
Low-yield tactical freedom?
"Hey people of Cuba/Venezuela/North Korea/etc, the West here. We think that your government is authoritarian and doesn’t grant you basic rights. So in order to liberate you from your oppression, we’ve decided to sanction your country and cause shortages of essential resources, including food and medical supplies that truly are basic rights, and generally make your life hell. But remember, we’re not to blame for that, your evil government is doing this to you.”
Those geo political “experts” on Reddit didn’t even know Chernobyl was located in Ukraine about a month ago
I remember a seeing post that showed an outline map of Eastern Europe with the caption “find Ukraine”.
Wonder what the real accuracy of that was among libs.
Probably pointed at Romania or Poland
Same thing with Laos, I guess it’s just because they are small countries which have remained with its head low and have not attracted too much attention.
They want to put missile bases in Vietnam. Not kidding. Grayzone Article
I loved the vietnamese response - a diplomatic “go fuck a chainsaw” and then meeting the the chinese embassy.
Vietnam never stops making me smile
ahhh, so the liberals talking down on the Vietnamese during the 50s-70s haven’t died they just gonna reincarnate and start doing their white savior bullshit again?
There’s a dormant white savior on every 'Murican, ready to “save” you as soon as they hear the right words on TV.
Where would all the old white people go to vacation?
Pedophile sexpats still have Thailand for now
I mean I hope its because they at least have a smidge of a fraction of shame about being genocidal imperialist barbarians.
You’d think so, but I still encounter people who say things like ‘If the USA wouldn’t have killed all those Iraqis they would have just killed themselves’.
Someone needs to cool off in a mental health ward for a bit
Or in a fucking juicer
I support this motion
Probably because Falun Gong is allowed to do whatever they want there
Vietnam seeks to be an independent power in the region. Washington views this as an opening into an anti-China alliance, though Vietnam is maintaining it’s neutrality. I think Western media is chummy with Vietnam to 1, make Western audiences think Vietnam likes the West more than it really does, and 2, to not ostracize Vietnam into forming tighter bonds with other AES.
Washington views this as an opening into an anti-China alliance
They tried this exact thing in the Soviet era. China had some disagreements with the USSR and the US swooped in and “supported” China, while trying to widen the rift between the two socialist countries.
Well it kind of worked that time, didn’t it?