Post by Santa Anna on Mar 4, 2019 3:51:41 GMT
"Yes, we know that your country was the first to fight for its independence from a foreign power," Pham Van Dong replies. "Yes, we know your history. We modeled our own Declaration of Independence after yours for a reason. Which is why it's a shame that your country's values have completely changed since that great time."
"Why should we not be considered the legitimate rulers of Vietnam when we were the first to declare our independence from the French? We were the ones who have sought to remove the French from our homeland for a decade, ever since the moment Japan left, and you have the nerve to call your puppet state the true Vietnam? You only call our leaders 'warlords' because you want to delegitimize us any way you can. The people under our rule are perfectly happy the way they are."
"And for the record, your country still knows nothing about war. Us communists have sacrificed more, and contributed more to ridding the world of the fascists, than you Americans ever did. The Soviet Union lost 20 million of its brave comrades and had millions of square miles destroyed defending itself from the German menace. And our Chinese brothers also suffered much death and destruction during their own fight against the cursed Japanese. If it hadn't been for us Communists, you all would have never beaten the fascists, and you know it."
"Speaking of ideas, if your vision for the world is so great and beautiful, why must you try to impose it by force? Until nearly the end of our war, you stood alongside the French and South Vietnamese as they tried to stamp out our own freedom. What makes your ideas of freedom greater than ours? Our people are finally free from the shackles of capitalism, and you have the very nerve to try to chain us up once more? We will never tolerate such a disgrace."
"And you have no right to tell us to allow the South Vietnamese to seize our land without a fight. They only stationed their army in those provinces so they could wipe us out just as soon as we all made nice and swore to leave each other alone. If they keep that land, we will be nothing more than a joke of a country, and you know it, which is why you want it so bad.And as for Hanoi, it was ours long before the sleazy VNA moved in. If anyone has a claim to it, we do."
The North Vietnamese delegation flatly refuses both proposals. While the Viet Minh is willing to leave Laos and Cambodia alone, they refuse to give up anything north of the 17th parallel.The loss of Hanoi and Haiphong is madness, and the first proposal doesn't even warrant a reply.
"Why should we not be considered the legitimate rulers of Vietnam when we were the first to declare our independence from the French? We were the ones who have sought to remove the French from our homeland for a decade, ever since the moment Japan left, and you have the nerve to call your puppet state the true Vietnam? You only call our leaders 'warlords' because you want to delegitimize us any way you can. The people under our rule are perfectly happy the way they are."
"And for the record, your country still knows nothing about war. Us communists have sacrificed more, and contributed more to ridding the world of the fascists, than you Americans ever did. The Soviet Union lost 20 million of its brave comrades and had millions of square miles destroyed defending itself from the German menace. And our Chinese brothers also suffered much death and destruction during their own fight against the cursed Japanese. If it hadn't been for us Communists, you all would have never beaten the fascists, and you know it."
"Speaking of ideas, if your vision for the world is so great and beautiful, why must you try to impose it by force? Until nearly the end of our war, you stood alongside the French and South Vietnamese as they tried to stamp out our own freedom. What makes your ideas of freedom greater than ours? Our people are finally free from the shackles of capitalism, and you have the very nerve to try to chain us up once more? We will never tolerate such a disgrace."
"And you have no right to tell us to allow the South Vietnamese to seize our land without a fight. They only stationed their army in those provinces so they could wipe us out just as soon as we all made nice and swore to leave each other alone. If they keep that land, we will be nothing more than a joke of a country, and you know it, which is why you want it so bad.And as for Hanoi, it was ours long before the sleazy VNA moved in. If anyone has a claim to it, we do."
The North Vietnamese delegation flatly refuses both proposals. While the Viet Minh is willing to leave Laos and Cambodia alone, they refuse to give up anything north of the 17th parallel.The loss of Hanoi and Haiphong is madness, and the first proposal doesn't even warrant a reply.
