Word: vietnamize
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...were surprised to read in Monday's Crimson that certain Americans have taken it upon themselves to organize a week of "Vietnam-American Friendship." Since they did not bother to include the Vietnamese community is Boston, or even those of us in Harvard, we wonder what kind of "friendship" they intend for our people...
Looking down the list of speakers and films we can only conclude that once again we are the victims of American preconceptions. None of the participants listed is Vietnamese or even speaks Vietnamese so it is really misleading to call this program "Vietnam-America Friendship Week." Perhaps "America-America Friendship Week" would be a better name...
...were surprised to read in Monday's Crimson that certain Americans have taken it upon themselves to organize a week of "Vietnam-American Friendship." Since they did not bother to include the Vietnamese community is Boston, or even those of us in Harvard, we wonder what kind of "friendship" they intend for our people...
Looking down the list of speakers and films we can only conclude that once again we are the victims of American preconceptions. None of the participants listed is Vietnamese or even speaks Vietnamese so it is really misleading to call this program "Vietnam-America Friendship Week." Perhaps "America-America Friendship Week" would be a better name...
...line gives a clue to the approach of director John Lee Hancock (The Rookie) and the platoon of writers: they want simultaneously to criticize and celebrate U.S. imperialism. The good intentions and lousy planning of the Alamo's defense make it seem like a 19th century dress rehearsal for Vietnam. A shot of American corpses dangling from a tree has an eerie resemblance to images this month of a bridge in Fallujah, Iraq. But the Alamo massacre is only Act II. Houston's quick victory at the subsequent Battle of San Jacinto seized Texas from Mexican control and allows Hancock...