Before Vietnam went to the Soviet Union for help to expel imperialist france, Ho Chi Mihn first went to the US. He was schooled in democratic thought, and wanted Vietnam to be a democracy, but, since we were allied with france, we said no.
::Shrug:: food for thought.

I think the last line somes it up nicely. I was just reading a thing about him today.

Very blunt, very good. Well written; nice ending.