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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsDr.MartinLutherKing: A Time to Break Silence. Swap Iraq for Vietnam.clipped by: righthandclippers remarks: "In the North, where our bombs now pummel the land, and our mines endanger the waterways, we are met by a deep but understandable mistrust. In Hanoi are the men who led the nation to independence against the Japanese and the French, the men who sought membership in the French commonwealth and were betrayed by the weakness of Paris and the willfulness of the colonial armies. It was they who led a second struggle against French domination at tremendous costs, and then were persuaded at Geneva to give up, as a temporary measure, the land they controlled between the 13th and 17th parallels. "After 1954 they watched us conspire with Diem to prevent elections which would have surely brought Ho Chi Minh to power over a united Vietnam, and they realized they had been betrayed again. "When we ask why they do not leap to negotiate, these things must be remembered. Also, it must be clear that the leaders of Hanoi considered the presence of American troops in support of the Diem regime to h Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam | Delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr April 1967 My third reason grows out of my experience in the ghettos of the North As I have walked among the desperate, rejected and angry young men, I have told them that Molotov cocktails and rifles would not solve their problems they asked, what about Vietnam? They asked if our own nation wasnt using massive doses of violence to solve its problems, to bring about the changes it wanted I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today, my own government no one who has any concern for the integrity and life of America today can ignore the present war If Americas soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read "Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the deepest hopes of men the world over.  zum Artikel...
Vietnam: 40 yearsago: Iraq: 40 years from now: Iran?clipped by: righthandclippers remarks: "Hours after Japans surrender in World War II, Vietnamese Ho Chi Minh declares the independence of Vietnam from France. The proclamation paraphrased the U.S. Declaration of Independence in declaring, "All men are born equal: the Creator has given us inviolable rights, life, liberty, and happiness!" and was cheered by an enormous crowd gathered in Hanois Ba Dinh Square" Lest you forget. There is so much Americans still cannot know of the truth of Vietnam, wiped from the history books. too painful to know the truth even now. Check who was present for the Deceleration of Independence!!! FOUR OUT OF FIVE WHO CLAIM TO BE Vietnam vets are not. As of the current Census taken during August, 2000, the surviving U.S. Vietnam Veteran population estimate is: 1,002,511. This is hard to believe, losing nearly 711,000 between 95 and 00. Thats 390 per day. During this Census count, the number of Americans falsely claiming to have served in-country is: 13,853,027. By this census, FOUR OUT OF FIVE WHO CLAIM TO BE Vietnam vets are not 2,709,918 Americans served in uniform in Vietnam Vietnam Veterans represented 9.7% of their generation. 240 men were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War 58,148 were killed in Vietnam 75,000 were severely disabled 23,214 were 100% disabled 5,283 lost limbs 1,081 sustained multiple amputations Of those killed, 61% were younger than 21 11,465 of those killed were younger than 20 years old Of those killed, 17,539 were married Average age of men killed: 23.1 years Five men killed in Vietnam were only 16 years old. The oldest man killed was 62 zum Artikel...Watch video the Legendary of our motherland: Laosclipped by: Laoclipclippers remarks: more video available at http://samakomlao.blogspot.com [Video] zum Artikel...Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Wenn Sie Feedback an EasyRSS senden wollen, nutzen Sie bitte das Feedback Forumlar. Wenn Sie sich von EasyRSS abmelden wollen, gehen Sie bitte auf den Menüpunkt "Meine Daten". Ihr EasyRSS Team http://www.easyrss.de | |||||
2007/09/30
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