Ahhh...Yes...Of course...The good old 'sell out' charge/insult that one Asian can level against another to establish his 'street cred'. If I am a 'sell out' I would be in good company, from among ordinary Asians to luminaries like your former boss Eric Shinseki to Gary Locke to Daniel Inoye and practically the entire state of Hawaii. In the last election cycle, on the sidewalks of Bolsa Ave, I see no shortage of Asians posting their wishes to engage in this 'upper class' lifestyle you are railing against. So who is really the one with the asinine mentality here, Lt? If you are in trouble overseas somewhere, do you really think that the Chinese Embassy is going to help YOU? Do you really think that they will go: "Oh my gosh, an Asian is in trouble. We had better help our Asian brother." No, sir. The Chinese will laugh at the American, not Vietnamese-American, not Asian-American, but simply American, and leave him to his troubles. But what do you think the American Embassy will do? What do you think the German or the French or the Italian embassies will do? They will help you because they know they will reap your country's good graces for helping its citizens in trouble.