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Fantastic news....
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   ....[1]from Vietnam. The Vietnamese finally have admitted defeat in a
   battle with Australians.

     The two Australians greeted their Vietnamese counterparts with warm
     handshakes in the plantation, near the memorial cross to the 18
     Australians who died in the battle. After some small talk, the
     crucial question was posed to the Vietcong commanders: who won the
     battle of Long Tan? Nguyen Minh Ninh, former vice-commander of
     Vietcong D445 Battalion, thought carefully before answering - and
     then dropped a bombshell that exploded 40 years of official
     history. âYou won ⦠tactically and militarily, you won,â he said.
     His answer stunned Buick and Sabben. It was the first time a
     Vietnamese commander had ever admitted the truth about Long Tan.

   108 Aussies defeated 2500 North Vietnamese troops and Viet Cong
   irregulars, and it only took them 40 years to admit it!
   Then there's this personally inspiring note.

     If I was amazed to read the Vietnamese had finally acknowledged D
     Coy kicked their arse at Long Tan, I was stunned to read in the
     Australian editorial that it was their considered opinion that our
     presence in Vietnam has been vindicated.

     It has been more than 30 years since the fall of Saigon. Although
     this newspaper opposed the war in hindsight, the history of Vietnam
     under communist rule seems to vindicate the effort. Ho Chi Minhâs
     Stalinist regime was monstrous, even as it was lionised in the
     West. Vietnam still struggles under political and economic
     repression. But by stemming the totalitarian tide that was sweeping
     southeast Asia at the time, Australian and US troops may have saved
     countless millions.

   An academic I've been corresponding with told me yesterday that "A lot
   of people think that the VN War was worth-while; the other "dominos"
   didn't fall."
   You have no idea how good it made me feel to read that. Then I read
   this today.

     Maybe, just maybe all those never-to-be-forgotten friends didnât
     die in vain. The left of course will always see things differently
     which happens when you live in a country, Australia, and believe in
     the wonder of communism and hoping and working for the defeat of
     your own troops. It is to these people that I address the
     following:
     It is a myth that the Free World Military Forces lost the Vietnam
     War. Called the American War by the Vietnamese the Communists lost
     at Tet 68 when they had their arses handed back to them on a plate.
     The South Vietnamese rebellion that the North had banked their
     money on didnât eventuate and when Nixon released the dogs of war
     in the form of B52s a year or two later, they were forced to the
     Peace Talks in Paris. Agreement was reached, all beligerants
     withdrew; the US and Australia went home and the North Vietnamese
     pulled back north of the DMZ. The war was over.
     Two years later the North Vietnamese, rearmed by the USSR who
     wanted warm ports on the Pacific rim, invaded the South.
     That was the tragedy that was Vietnam.

   That tragedy continues today, as the Vietnamese people still suffer
   under the repressive and brutal hand of communism.

References

   1. http://www.kevgillett.net/?p=1065