Posted on 06/21/2005 5:31:48 PM PDT by Shaka
PHAN VAN KHAI, VIETNAMESE PRIME MINISTER (through translator): Yes. He expressed his strong support for Vietnam's accession. I think that is because Vietnam's WTO membership would not only be in the interest of Vietnam, but also would be in the interest of America, of the American business community. BLITZER: Despite the bitterness of the war, he says it's time for both Americans and Vietnamese to move on. PHAN (through translator): The war ended more than 30 years ago. And we believe that it is now time for us to look towards the future. BLITZER: Still, he says it's not time yet for a Vietnamese leader to pay a visit to the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington. PHAN (through translator): I find this visit not really an appropriate time, and I'll save it for another visit. BLITZER: He says he would first like President Bush next year during his visit to Vietnam to make a similar gesture to the Vietnamese people, whom he says suffered a lot more than the Americans. PHAN (through translator): I believe that the two sides will continue to discuss that matter. But I would like to tell you that the sacrifices that the Vietnamese people had to endure and had to suffer is much greater than what America has had to. BLITZER: He also made the point of thanking all the anti-Vietnam War protesters in the United States, who he says helped end the war. PHAN (through translator): And I can recall that hundreds of thousands of American people took to the street in support of Vietnam during the war.
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Can't he just thank the democrats and the MSM now for helping in Iraq. I hate to see them have to wait to get the same message decades from now.
Isn't that sweet
Would John Effing Kerry stand up and take a bow please ?
The story is here: Memory Hold the Door -- The Belmont Club.
This Prime Minister has a lot to be thankful for -- some Americans really helped him out.
W is not "buddying up" to this assclown..he is only drawing his enemy closer. He's not ofering anything to the commy midget yet. This is a Karl Rove photo op...nothing more. Hell, we buddied up to Russia's President and look what it got us.
You say you are honest and then you make a remark like that. There is no way that you can call yourself honest.
Interesting thread I found on the DUmp...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3493478
Sorry madeline_con, you're a DUmmy troll.
SEE ya.
You mods work fast. Hee.
"But I would like to tell you that the sacrifices that the Vietnamese people had to endure and had to suffer is much greater than what America has had to..."
and that's why every single one who COULD jumped on a boat and got the hell out of there, headed for the US.
Well she said she couldn't wait to get kicked out. LOL. Good work SAR_dude
ping
We're winning The Vietnam War. Final victory there is a function of our victory in the War On Terror.
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