The ‘napalm girl' image that haunted the world turns 40

Herald Sun ^ | June 01, 2012 | AAP

[a fool in paradise]

...It only took a second for Associated Press photographer Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut to snap the iconic black-and-white image 40 years ago. It communicated the horrors of the Vietnam War in a way words could never describe, helping to end one of America's darkest eras.

"I really wanted to escape from that little girl," says the subject of photo, Kim Phuc, now 49. "But it seems to me that the picture didn't let me go."

...She worked hard and was accepted into medical school to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor. But all that ended once the new communist leaders realised the propaganda value of the napalm girl in the photo.

...Phuc travelled to West Germany in 1982 for medical care with the help of a foreign journalist. Later Vietnam's prime minister, also touched by her story, made arrangements for her to study in Cuba.

She was finally free from the minders and reporters hounding her at home, but her life was far from normal. Ut, then working at the AP in Los Angeles, traveled to meet her in 1989, but they never had a moment alone. There was no way for him to know she desperately wanted his help again.

"I knew in my dream that one day Uncle Ut could help me to have freedom," said Phuc, referring to him by an affectionate Vietnamese term. "But I was in Cuba. I was really disappointed because I couldn't contact with him. I couldn't do anything."

... While at school, Phuc met a young Vietnamese man...

The two married in 1992 and honeymooned in Moscow. On the flight back to Cuba, the newlyweds defected during a refuelling stop in Canada. She was free...

[oh8eleven]

My point is that continuing to vote “R” will get us to the same place Obama is taking us, only slower.
Well, you don't to vote "R" - you can vote "C" for Conservative.
Yes, they're usually one and the same, but the more the Rs see the Cs taking away votes, it'll help.
More importantly, we need to take back the Senate and increase the number of seats in the House.
That will help control whomever is in the WH.

[MikeSteelBe]

“That will help control whomever is in the WH.”

I hope you are right. Bush did nothing to hold the Clinton Cartel accountable for its crimes, and I do not have much faith that Romney will do much either.

Things like “Fast and Furious” and the New Black Panther voter intimidation case must be prosecuted and the perpetrators punished before I have any faith in the credibility of our government and the rule of law in this country.