tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post2776409173307196440..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: The 20th Century's greatest military leader...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-12651323220242696262013-12-24T20:28:52.061+00:002013-12-24T20:28:52.061+00:00The controversial opinions of his cause is due to ...The controversial opinions of his cause is due to different worldviews. To Vietnamese and through Vietnamese pieces of literary during the wars, fighting for freedom was the greatest mission. Don't perceive him as a dictator just based on one-sided information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-55819720805375744102013-10-06T12:09:47.270+01:002013-10-06T12:09:47.270+01:00I don't think liberate is quite the right word...I don't think liberate is quite the right word. <br />Jon TAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-49101115272386611872013-10-05T20:38:31.951+01:002013-10-05T20:38:31.951+01:00No doubt Giap was a good general, as were Zhukov a...No doubt Giap was a good general, as were Zhukov and Rokossovsky, but to say he was fighting for any meaningful form of freedom is ridiculous.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-11082352225169424692013-10-05T16:47:34.733+01:002013-10-05T16:47:34.733+01:00The "freedom" you mention involved a com...The "freedom" you mention involved a communist regime that sent 1 million Vietnamese to re-education camps from which 165,000 never returned, executed between 100,000 and 200,000 more and killed another 50,000 in "New economic zones" through hard labour. <br /><br />That's why millions risked over-crowded boats to flee the country. Hundreds of thousands died. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com