Like I said before, I don't understand the Vietnamese hate of China. On the other hand, Vietnamese seem to love the United States. This is just bizarre! Hate the nice guy and love the not-so-nice guy?
The United States could have let the Vietnamese fight a quick civil war and keep the death toll low. Instead, the U.S. chose to participate in another country's civil war. Here are the civilian deaths from the U.S.-Vietnam War.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_bombing_of_cities
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In 1966, restrictions against bombing the capital city of Hanoi and the country's largest port, Haiphong were lifted, and they were bombed by the USAF and Navy.[15] The bombing of their city centers continued to be prohibited.[16]
However, the South Vietnamese cities seized by the communists were bombed, including the former capital of Huế during the 1968 Tet Offensive."
Vietnam War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"South Vietnamese civilian dead: 1,581,000*[8]
Cambodian civilian dead: ~700,000*
North Vietnamese civilian dead: ~2,000,000[13]
Laotian civilian dead: ~50,000*"
According to my count, U.S. intervention resulted in roughly an extra 3,581,000 Vietnamese civilian deaths.
Agent Orange - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On March 10, 2005, Judge Jack B. Weinstein — who had defended the U.S. veterans victims of Agent Orange — dismissed the suit, ruling that there was no legal basis for the plaintiffs' claims.
The judge concluded that Agent Orange was not considered a poison under international law at the time of its use by the U.S.; that the U.S. was not prohibited from using it as a herbicide; and that the
companies which produced the substance were not liable for the method of its use by the government. The
U.S. government is not a party in the lawsuit,
claiming sovereign immunity.
Three judges on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan heard the Appeals case on June 18, 2007. They
upheld Weinstein's ruling to dismiss the case. They ruled that though the herbicides contained a dioxin (a known poison) they were not intended to be used as a poison on humans. Therefore they were
not considered a chemical weapon and thus
not a violation of international law. A further review of the case by the whole panel of judges of the Court of Appeals also confirmed this decision. The lawyers for the Vietnamese filed a petition to the US Supreme Court to hear the case. On
March 2, 2009, the Supreme Court denied certiorari and refused to reconsider the ruling of the Court of Appeals.[43]"
