Having lived in Vietnam, learnt Vietnamese, and spoken to quite a few Vietnamese elders. My impression is that they have far fewer gripes with the Americans than they do with the Chinese. Since one seemed to have caused an issue for a short while, while the others had caused issues for much longer.
It's a punchline still for the west. See: Top Gear Vietnam special, with the American Flag bike following the convoy blaring "Born in the USA" by Springsteen - a song which most definitely was NOT pro-Vietnam war.
>”Or a cowardly vietnamese traitor who sold out his people to a foreign power flees like a rat to escape justice. Let’s call a spade a spade.”
If your nation falls to the other side during a civil war, are you really a traitor if you choose to flee from the “justice” of the victorious revolutionaries?
I’d certainly make an attempt at a desperate long-shot escape in order to avoid getting sent to some “reeducation” camp by the communist forces that just took over.
