Again, a female soldier on the front line, this time with Nazi prisoners in the background. It's mostly propaganda. Although the Vietnamese Communists produced similar images, it was the men who did nearly all the fighting, naturally. Viet Cong just means Vietnamese Communist, by the way. Although it's strictly a descriptive term, American texts have often explained that it's derogatory.
I've also been lectured to by ignorant Americans about the usage of "Saigon." If you go to Saigon, you hear the word constantly, because that's what its inhabitants call their city. Oh, the irony of leftist Americans telling someone what to call his place of birth! Insolence is a trademark of imperialism.
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Linh, I have lived in Japan for 47 years. Americans always lecture me about the realities of Japan. They have spent a year or two in the country, and claim to know everything. Of course, thier Japanese linguistic ability is very limited. Not only I am fluent in speaking reading and writing, but I have written 6 books, two of them best sellers, my 7th hits the shelves this month. All in Japanese. Now, I avoid such short time Westerners, and have a much more happy life.
Hi Max,
It is a bizarre, pathetic arrogance, yet often accompanied by righteous anger! Too many Americans use their stupidity as a weapon!
Linh
Leftist americans are too high on their own righteousness to see how hypocritical and stupid they can came off as.
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