: Transcript: Bush Talks to O'Reilly - O'REILLY: The South Vi etnamese didn't fight for their freedom, which is why they don't have it today. BUSH: Yes

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

rom: United Asian - Nam Nguyen [mailto:nam () unitedasian org] 
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 2:17 AM
To: president () whitehouse gov
Subject: Transcript: Bush Talks to O'Reilly - O'REILLY: The South Vietnamese
didn't fight for their freedom, which is why they don't have it today. BUSH:
Yes

Dear The Honorable President George W. Bush,

Transcript: Bush Talks to O'Reilly
O'REILLY:  The South Vietnamese 
didn't fight for their freedom, which is why they don't have it 
today.  
BUSH:  Yes. 
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,133712,00.html

On behalf of the United Asian organization, we are writing this 
letter to let you know that we were very disappointed to hear you 
acknowledge on the O'Reilly Talk Show that The South Vietnamese 
didn't fight for their freedom, which is why they don't have it 
today.  In my opinion, I did not agree with you and I believe that 
you (Mr. President Bush) were not well informed and totally wrong 
about the Former South Vietnamese soldiers.

Mr. President Bush, you must know that most anti-Communist Vietnamese 
believe that the United States was right when supporting the Republic 
of Vietnam with aids and soldiers. However, the American and the 
Republic of Vietnam (RVN) governments have lost the war because 
Washington was lacking in resolution, while South Vietnamese leaders 
believed that Washington would never accept the dishonor of a total 
defeat.

The United States Armed Forces relied too much on their great 
firepower and modern weaponry and equipment. Tactics of conventional 
battle were mainly applied against the enemy's unconventional 
warfare, while American leaders seemed to be overconfident in 
their "know-how" in fighting a war that required the more know-how on 
psychological strategy than just on modern technology. 
So far, in comments on the Vietnam War, many people have taken for 
granted that the only four parties in the war were the Americans, the 
South Vietnamese, the North Vietnamese and its disguised subordinate, 
the so-called National Liberation Front. That was true on the 
battlefields only.

In fact, the Vietnam Communist Party and its regime were strongly 
supported by the whole Communist bloc. Immense military aids came 
from Beijing and Moscow. Unofficial sources estimated that aids from 
Red China and the Soviet Union had been in tens of billion dollars, 
not far lower than US aids to South Vietnam and American military 
expenses in the Vietnam War. 

Moreover, the Soviet Union, China, North Korea and possibly Cuba 
joined North Vietnamese Communist forces in direct fighting the 
Americans in North Vietnam with their combat pilots, and air defense 
SAM-6 surface-to-air battalions (Soviet). Beijing also sent some 
infantry divisions to safeguard the northern mountainous area of 
North Vietnam and many engineer regiments to repair bombed bridges 
and road in North Vietnam.

On the other hand, the Vietnamese Communist leaders were certain that 
American and South Vietnamese forces would not invade North Vietnam. 
So Hanoi could leave their land undefended against invasion by the 
Allies to send all their available ground forces to the battles in 
the South. 

The Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces and the United States military 
in Vietnam were fighting against not only the Vietnamese Communist 
forces, but the whole Communist bloc as well.  
http://www.vietquoc.com/whylost.htm

The South Vietnamese soldiers had strong willing to fight, were well 
equipped with modern weapons, but they were defeated largely by 
Washington was lacking in resolution. Many of the South Vietnamese 
Soldiers died honorably and bravely side by side with many American 
GIs.  Number of Americans killed during the Vietnam War: 58,000 and 
Number of South Vietnamese soldiers killed during the Vietnam War: 
223,748 and Number of South Vietnamese soldiers wounded during the 
Vietnam 1,169,763.  http://www.rjsmith.com/kia_tbl.html

Mr. President Bush, where were you during the Vietnam War? Why did 
you not in the Vietnam War? 

I do respect you as our President. However, I think that you do own 
the Vietnamese American Community and the Former South Vietnamese 
Soldiers a big apology. 
Sincerely,

Nam Nguyen
President, United Asian
3421 Granada Avenue #10
Santa Clara, CA 95051
408-243-3166



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