Lifeofthemind
2009-02-17 15:19:41
@dan,
Partly it is our fault for not supporting the 4th Republic. The State Department was as usual being to clever by half in pushing for decolonization and forming alliances with the new anti-American left after WW-II to bother with our actual allies. We should have helped them more against Ho Chi Minh, supported the French, British and Israelis at Suez, and aided the French against the Algerian rebellion.








