This month marks the 40th Anniversary of the Nam (the slang used for Vietnam War in America). It was an embarrassing quagmire for the Americans and literally so, as their soldiers recruiting via draft, could never adapt to the muddy paddy fields of Vietnam. Guerrilla warfare waged by a motivated enemy on their home turf, equally lack of motivation from the Americans, who being creatures of comfort were simply misfit for long, arduous combat in mosquito infested jungles of Nam.
The War ended with the famous air evacuation of the last remnants of Americans from Saigon. China and Russia who backed North Vietnam, didn't learn anything. China, soon attacked Vietnam in 1978 and was forced to a hasty retreat by their war rugged rivals. Soviet Union's Afghanistan misadventure brougt yet another Superpower to its knees (it's rumored that Breznev, drunk with Vodka ordered soldiers to move into the land locked country).
It would be foolish to see America's beating retreat in Nam in terms of victory of communism over Capitalism. Communism slowly started fizzling out. China shunned it and got stuck with the habit of getting rich. Soviet Union went broke, both in economics and political terms. Capitalism in spite of its shortcomings thrived, mainly due to innovation and competition associated with it. Vietnam have long adopted free market economy, their leaders baking bread with their once enemy Americans. Cuba, which is close to Uncle Sam's territory is getting closer day by day by embracing it's arch rival.
As April rolls over to May, the 1st day of the month is celebrated as Labor Day in most parts of the world. On this day, the communist nations during their haydays used to showcase their military prowess. Only country which now calls itself communist is North Korea. It is more like the Kim family's (hermit) Kingdom. Their buffoon leader and his father before him are champion womanizers and consumer of luxury capitalist goods. World has seen many changes, as the commies and their promised land has gone to the dogs (it's not a coincidence that the young Kim, their present dictator is rumored to have fed his uncle to the dogs). Communism in India is now limited to a few parasite intelgencia who shop in London but pretend Moscow as paradise.
The War ended with the famous air evacuation of the last remnants of Americans from Saigon. China and Russia who backed North Vietnam, didn't learn anything. China, soon attacked Vietnam in 1978 and was forced to a hasty retreat by their war rugged rivals. Soviet Union's Afghanistan misadventure brougt yet another Superpower to its knees (it's rumored that Breznev, drunk with Vodka ordered soldiers to move into the land locked country).
It would be foolish to see America's beating retreat in Nam in terms of victory of communism over Capitalism. Communism slowly started fizzling out. China shunned it and got stuck with the habit of getting rich. Soviet Union went broke, both in economics and political terms. Capitalism in spite of its shortcomings thrived, mainly due to innovation and competition associated with it. Vietnam have long adopted free market economy, their leaders baking bread with their once enemy Americans. Cuba, which is close to Uncle Sam's territory is getting closer day by day by embracing it's arch rival.
As April rolls over to May, the 1st day of the month is celebrated as Labor Day in most parts of the world. On this day, the communist nations during their haydays used to showcase their military prowess. Only country which now calls itself communist is North Korea. It is more like the Kim family's (hermit) Kingdom. Their buffoon leader and his father before him are champion womanizers and consumer of luxury capitalist goods. World has seen many changes, as the commies and their promised land has gone to the dogs (it's not a coincidence that the young Kim, their present dictator is rumored to have fed his uncle to the dogs). Communism in India is now limited to a few parasite intelgencia who shop in London but pretend Moscow as paradise.
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