a time to break silen

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1、精品文档ATimetoBreakSilentheymustseeamericansasstrangeliberators.thevietnamesepeopleproclaimedtheirownindependence*in1954*--in1945*rather*--afteracombinedfrenchandjapaneseoccupationandbeforethecommunistrevolutioninchina.theywereledbyhochiminh.eventhoughtheyquotedtheamericandeclarationofindependencei

2、ntheirowndocumentoffreedom,werefusedtorecognizethem.instead,wedecidedtosupportfranceinitsreconquestofherformercolony.ourgovernmentfeltthenthatthevietnamesepeoplewerenotreadyforindependence,andweagainfellvictimtothedeadlywesternarrogancethathaspoisonedtheinternationalatmosphereforsolong.withthatt

3、ragicdecisionwerejectedarevolutionarygovernmentseekingself-determinationandagovernmentthathadbeenestablishednotbychina--forwhomthevietnamesehavenogreatlove--butbyclearlyindigenousforcesthatincludedsomecommunists.forthepeasantsthisnewgovernmentmeantreallandreform,oneofthemostimportantneedsintheir

4、lives.fornineyearsfollowing1945wedeniedthepeople2016全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作–独家原创17/17精品文档ofvietnamtherightofindependence.fornineyearswevigorouslysupportedthefrenchintheirabortiveefforttorecolonizevietnam.beforetheendofthewarweweremeetingeightypercentofthefrenchwarcosts.evenbeforethefrenchweredefeat

5、edatdienbienphu,theybegantodespairoftheirrecklessaction,butwedidnot.weencouragedthemwithourhugefinancialandmilitarysuppliestocontinuethewarevenaftertheyhadlostthewill.soonwewouldbepayingalmostthefullcostsofthistragicattemptatrecolonization.afterthefrenchweredefeated,itlookedasifindependenceandla

6、ndreformwouldcomeagainthroughthegenevaagreement.butinsteadtherecametheunitedstates,determinedthathoshouldnotunifythetemporarilydividednation,andthepeasantswatchedagainaswesupportedoneofthemostviciousmoderndictators,ourchosenman,premierdiem.thepeasantswatchedandcringedasdiemruthlesslyrootedoutall

7、opposition,supportedtheirextortionistlandlords,andrefusedeventodiscussreunificationwiththenorth.thepeasantswatchedasallthiswaspresidedoverbyunitedstates'influenceandthenbyincreasing2016全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作–独家原创17/17精品文档numbe