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Stale menu, offered by these aging cooks from the same gourmet kitchen of South Vietnamese exiles! Vietnam signs 17-billion purchase agreement to salesman Trump and throws a few trouble-making priests over the fence to votes-seeker officials in Congress... A win-win powers formula for this 21st century and a good handle for Vietnam to maintain 6.7% growth - approaching G20 economy by 2030. Thank America First thingy!
May 31, 2017 10:25 AM
Reply to this commentOnce again, I dare to say that VN misses another opportunity!
Trump regime isn’t going to assist VN. This isn’t Trump agenda. Trump has no empathy toward a 3rd world country that can’t control it destiny. This regime is ignoring scientific data and killing the EPA; hence; it isn’t going to scream at Formosa and or at Taiwan! Since Trump’s mantra is America First, I dare to say (I’m doing lots of these!) he isn’t going to care for a few harassed priests either! Please, read ‘the writings on the wall’.
Unless VN; once again – foolishly and a last ditch effort; offers its land and ports to launch a stance against the Chinese! Even that; I can see it now; all the Pentagon generals just cringe in their seats – we have been there and done that. So, it’s thanks but no thanks!
Sadly, VN has little to offer – no bargaining chips here (Under this regime and economic time)! I can see the wheels in Trump head are turning; why flood our markets with more cheap junks from Asia that has no quality controls and sleuths of unfavorable baggages ? China has mastered this market already.
The saving grace for these sadistic goons is to reverse their courses on governing, being good worldly citizen by ‘playing nice’ (Vote with the world against communist countries in UN is a start!), and joining with other Asian nations; if not leading it for VN have the most to lose; to head off China Pacific expansion. That’s how VN can get the world attention by put the first good step forward!
Enough with these half-baked ideas; like doing ‘something nice’ (release a few prisoners – really!) whenever they need some attention from the free worlds. These are weak effort as if laughable and certainly not sincere.
It’s time to do the right thing! The worlds will eventually come.
May 31, 2017 09:44 AM
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Welcome back Ms. Pham. Sounds like you didn't learn a thing during your time of absence from the Net!
Want to explain why VN currency is worthless? Why both Cambodian and Laos $$$ are better than VN?
Ya know, may be it'll worth more if Ho's face isn't on there!
May 31, 2017 04:11 PM
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