Comments on: Bush Pushes Vietnam Leader On Human Rights

Hundreds Protest Outside White House As Nguyen Minh Triet Makes Historic Visit

[sharncedar]

"Triet is leading a delegation of more than 100 Vietnamese businessmen."

"He signed with the United States on Thursday a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement,"

Do you folks even read the articles. Trust me, this event has nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing whatsoever to do with human rights. The "human rights" angle means nothing at all, it is a smokescreen to get really, really, really stupid people like yourselves to ignore the actual purpose of the Vietnam butcher's visit, which is to get a massive new trade concession from the United States. Which they got. They came here to sign a document giving them more access to take American jobs. They did that. The "human rights" talk is nothing, its not a document, its not genuine, its for the cameras only. Did ya even read the article?

"Triet is leading a delegation of more than 100 Vietnamese businessmen."

What about that don't you get? Do you really actually think anyone in America's leadership is concerned about "human rights" in Vietnam? They are concerned about getting reelected, and to get reelected, they need money from business, and business wants a free trade agreement with Vietnam. So the butcher of Vietnam came here to meet with businesses and sign an agreement.

[brianbwb-2009]

to "WogerWabbit"

"used to find it amusing to go up to people of Asian decent, look them in the eyes and in my most threatening and grizzled voice say, "Didn't I kill your brother?" and watch the emotions play through their heads."

Vietnam's Rumsfeld, McNamara, has himself admitted that the Vietnam threat was also based on lies, and also an unnecessary war.

There were those who knew it then, and protested, but were called "pinkos", "dirty hippies", "the lost generation", etc., turns out we were right all along.

Knowing what you now know, do you still take pleasure in retraumatising Asians, or have any regret for doing so, knowing you just might have killed someones' brother, and for no good reason?

[feelfree1]

Re: "Bush Pushes Vietnam Leader On Human Rights"

The Bush puppet-Fuhrer (heil) talking about human rights!

That is rich!

[brianbwb-2009]

Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinich are the only alternatives.
Everyone else is already bought and paid for.
Posted by veteran71

Feel ya, Bro, except I don't yet believe Paul or Kucinich is untouchable, they just haven't been made the "offer they can't refuse".

The real power behind Bush (Bechtel, Halliburton, Carlysle, etc.) has enough money to buy anyone, even us. Those firms should be liquidated if any president is to stand a chance of not being bought.

[maedean]

I hope all you people who voted for this idiot are proud of yourselfs. Never in the history of the US has there been such a looser for president.

[cdfoxtrot]

"Bush Pushes Vietnam Leader On Human Rights".
What's this idiot up to now? He's going to p*ss off one of the few international heads who isn't already steamed at us. And I would think the "Vietnam leader" would have a thing or two to push Bushie on, in terms of human rights (Guantanamo, use of the death penalty in US states, Iraq prison abuse, torture of terror "suspects", flying detainees to overseas torture centers, and so on). Where does Bushie get off on lecturing ANYONE on human rights?

[cozzicon]

"Nonetheless, I'm praying our dipstick in chief stays alive, incontinent or otherwise, for at least another couple of years, lest the mad monk himself Cheney, get his hands on the Constitution." -- Posted by WogerWabbit

Amen... Brother preach it!

I'm not a praying man, but I'll pray for that just in case.

[randalds]

Remember when they told us for years how if we left Vietnam "before the job was finished", we'd be fighting the Commies in Mainstreet USA??? Now we're sitting down to tea with them and China, (still Commies, dim-bulbs), is our largest trading partner and holder of most of our debt.

Posted by veteran71 at 09:51 PM : Jun 22, 2007

And of course these days we have a slightly different version of idiots preaching the destruction of America, except in this case it's loonies like swingingdick moaning that there's a Muslim terrorist in every closet, instead of the red under every bed from the 50's and 60's. the communists were supposed to defeat us back then and they did not. Yet these days we're told that in order for us to defeat this new threat we have to surrender all of our rights and freedoms to the government so they can protect them for us and that they'll give them all back when it's "safe'. Yeah. Right. This time the ones who are the biggest threat to us live in the White House, not Hanoi, Moscow or Beijing.

[wogerwabbit]

As a product of the Vietnam era army, many years ago I used to find it amusing to go up to people of Asian decent, look them in the eyes and in my most threatening and grizzled voice say, "Didn't I kill your brother?" and watch the emotions play through their heads.

Today, I'm a lot mellower and think it's a good thing that after 30 some years we should be talking to the Vietnamese on an equal level again. Unfortunately though, we're talking down to them as we talk down to everyone who isn't the worlds last remaining superpower.

In this ignoble point in American history, for Bush to be spouting off about Human Rights to the Vietnamese is one of the most hipocritical examples of political hipocracy I have ever witnessed. God bless 'em, Bush has got to be dumb as a bag of rocks to even bring up the subject.

Nonetheless, I'm praying our dipstick in chief stays alive, incontinent or otherwise, for at least another couple of years, lest the mad monk himself Cheney, get his hands on the Constitution.

[freedomtalks]

Ask Mr. Minh Triet what does FREEDOM mean to him?