By Barbara Slavin President Barack Obama’s announcement Monday that the United States is lifting practically all restrictions on the provision of weapons to Vietnam caps a remarkable turnabout in relations between the two former adversaries. Four decades after U.S. forces retreated in defeat from a bloody and ill-considered war, the United States is now the […]
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How Daniel Berrigan Helped Save My Life
Posted May 6th, 2016 at 12:32 pm (UTC-5)
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I had left my church and faith behind, and didn’t even know any Christians were against the war…. But then I heard one name: Berrigan. Daniel and Phillip Berrigan — and the small group of Christian protesters they were inciting — were the only Christians I could see…who were against the war in Vietnam.
Love is a Battlefield
Posted February 12th, 2016 at 2:33 pm (UTC-5)
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Relationships also reveal the power of sunk costs, or past investments that can’t be recovered. Rationally, we should ignore sunk costs and focus on the future. But instead people tend to double down and invest more to justify their earlier sacrifice….The same danger exists in wartime…
President Park Should Publicly Apologize for South Korea’s Sexual Violence in Vietnam
Posted October 14th, 2015 at 11:04 am (UTC-5)
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Forty years ago, Park Chung-hee – the current president’s father and a former general, led over 320,000 of his U.S.-allied troops into the War in Vietnam. Throughout the war, South Korean soldiers violently raped and sexually assaulted thousands of young women, some as young as 13 and 14 years of age.
Why Has America Stopped Winning Wars?
Posted June 2nd, 2015 at 3:15 pm (UTC-5)
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American culture is a victory culture. Coded into the American DNA are the fear of failure and the celebration of winning.
Moving On in Vietnam, but Remembering Its Lessons
Looking to the future, we know that mutual interests…will drive our partnership with Vietnam. But it is strengthened, as well, by the natural affinities between our societies. These include family ties, a tendency toward optimism, a fierce desire for freedom and independence and a hard-earned appreciation that peace is far, far preferable to war.