Hello All, It's been five days since my last post, two days past my intended update. I am writing to you all from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam District 1, otherwise known as Saigon (before the Commies came into the city after we left in the 70's). After we left, they supposedly busted into South Vietnam, rolling their tanks right into the center of the city, now known as "Reunification Plaza". I was there earlier today; it is pretty much a shrine to the defeat of the 'dirty' Americans. However, even though they may have won the 'battle' (The Vietnam War), it is evident from walking around the city that we have won 'the war', through capitalist ideals and the new 'global economy'. As I have noticed throughout East Asia, they equate success with the emulation
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