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FATAL AMNESIA: AMERICAN NATION-BUILDING IN VIET NAM, AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ
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INTRODUCTION
Since the onset of the recent American interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq, there has been a continuing debate over the place the American nation-building tradition might play in these operations. One would expect that the legacy of American nation-building in Viet Nam would figure in this discussion as it both justified and prolonged that conflict. Yet, the discussion of this subject has largely been relegated to serving as a marker of how deep a hold the fear of quagmi...
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; ... and shining lies"), it is alive and well in Iraq. Viet Nam Veteran Representative (D-Texas) Silvestre Reyes notes that when bad news does arrive via the media, the White House faults it for focusing on negative developments, a "blame game with the media which ...
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Bush holds historic talks with PM of Viet Nam
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; WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush met yesterday with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and praised the nation's economic progress, and continued efforts to find the remains of US troops who died in the Viet Nam War. The two leaders talked about Viet Nam's desire to join the World Trade
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Viet Nam, US eye direct flights
China Daily
; ... cultural exchange" between the two countries, Pham Vu Hien, deputy head of the Civil Aviation Administration of Viet Nam, told a news briefing after the pact was initialed. A bilateral trade pact that went into effect in December 2001 resulted in a 128 per cent ...
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Viet Nam PM eyes US trade ties
China Daily
; HANOI: Viet Nam aims to boost ties with the United States, especially in trade, Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai said yesterday as he set on a groundbreaking visit to Washington. Khai is the first Vietnamese leader to visit the United States since the end of the Viet Nam War in 1975,
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Viet Nam's PM delivers plans for historic trip
China Daily
; ... months. "The purpose of my visit to the United States is to elevate our relationship to a higher plane," Khai said during a joint news conference with his counterpart Australian Prime Minister John Howard. In 2000, Bill Clinton became the first American president ...
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Viet Nam, US enhance co-operation
China Daily
; HANOI: Relations between Viet Nam and the United States have gone beyond the economic domain to a new one: military co-operation, which can be best exemplified by Vietnamese Defence Minister's upcoming visit to Washington. Viet Nam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently announced that Defence
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First US plane to Viet Nam in 30 years
China Daily
; HO CHI MINH CITY: United Airlines made history on Friday by sending the first US commercial plane to former Saigon since the Viet Nam War ended nearly 30 years ago. United Flight 869 was expected to arrive about 10:25 pm on Friday after taking off from San Francisco and stopping in Hong Kong. It
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Viet Nam wants action on Agent Orange
China Daily
; HANOI: Viet Nam yesterday accused the United States of having waged chemical war, saying the two countries needed to draw up a plan to repair the damage caused by the defoliant Agent Orange. Speaking at the end of a landmark scientific conference on the effects of defoliants sprayed by US forces
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Bush makes first visit to Viet Nam
China Daily
; George W. Bush became the second US president to visit post-war Viet Nam on Friday, saying his presence 30 years after a conflict that split America was proof the two nations "can reconcile and move beyond past difficulties." With the United States bogged down in another unpopular war in Iraq that
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Viet Nam War-era commander dies
China Daily
; CHARLESTON, United States: Retired General William Westmoreland, who commanded American troops in the Viet Nam War the nation's longest conflict has died at age 91. Westmoreland died on Monday night of natural causes at Bishop Gadsden retirement home, where he had lived with his wife for several
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