[Vision2020] Powell's speech
Thomas Hansen
tomh@FNA.fsn.uidaho.edu
Wed, 5 Feb 2003 15:29:40 -0800
My mistake. I apologize for the confusion. The president I meant to
mention (referring to 1949) was Truman. Things have been a bit hectic in my
office this afternoon. Sorry about the confusion. If you doubt my
accuracy, check out the history books, ok?
Tom Hansen
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Lohrmann [mailto:timlohr@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 3:07 PM
To: Thomas Hansen
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Powell's speech
President Hoover in 1949?
Geez, get a clue.
--- Thomas Hansen <tomh@FNA.fsn.uidaho.edu> wrote:
> The incident at the Gulf of Tonkin was an attempt by
> President Johnson to
> gain public support for a war in Vietnam. In 1949
> the French advised
> President Hoover that the North Vietnamese (and Ho
> Chi Minh in particular)
> were Communist. Remember, this was shortly after
> the Soviet Union had
> obtained "the bomb". There was a major fear and
> hate for anyone and
> anything Communist. The French played up to that
> for everything it was
> worth. So, when Ho Chi Minh approached President
> Hoover for US support in
> developing North Vietnamese independence (from
> French Indochina), Hoover
> said "No". So, guess where Ho Chi Minh's next stop
> was for support? The
> Soviet Union and China? Bingo.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sunil Ramalingam
> [mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 2:39 PM
> To: thansen@moscow.com; carlwestberg846@hotmail.com;
> WMSteed@aol.com;
> rforce@moscow.com; vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Powell's speech
>
>
>
> Was that the French lying about what happened or
> didn't happen in the Tonkin
> Gulf? Did they hide the air campaign against
> Cambodia?
>
> Sorry, I don't buy the theory that we were an
> innocent, wide-eyed state that
> got bamboozled by the French into involvement in
> Vietnam. Our government
> knew what it was doing.
>
> Sunil
>
>
>
> >From: thansen@moscow.com
> >To: "Carl Westberg" , WMSteed@aol.com,
> rforce@moscow.com,
> vision2020@moscow.com
> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Powell's speech
> >Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 22:36:24 GMT
> >
> >Fantastic quote!! I seriously believe that it is
> time for the United States
> to
> >put an end to the affair we have had with France
> since Lafayette. They
> still
> >owe us billions from WW2, not to mention the lives
> lost in Vietnam because
> of
> >the French lies we believed in 1949.
> >
> >Tom Hansen
> >Moscow, Idaho
> >
> > > If (IF?) Bush decides to go to war without the
> support of France, I
> guess
> > > we'll have to suck it up. I wish I could take
> credit for this quote, but
> I
> > > just heard it from someone else. Going to war
> without France is like
> going
> > > hunting without an accordion.
> > >
> > > Carl Westberg Jr.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: WMSteed@aol.com
> > > >To: rforce@moscow.com, vision2020@moscow.com
> > > >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Powell's speech
> > > >Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 16:50:18 EST
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >In a message dated 2/5/03 1:41:55 PM,
> rforce@moscow.com writes:
> > > >
> > > ><< "With the choice between military
> intervention and
> > > >
> > > >an inspections regime that is inadequate for
> lack of cooperation on
> Iraq's
> > > >
> > > >part, we must choose to strengthen decisively
> the means of inspection,"
>
> > > >said
> > > >
> > > >France's Foreign Minister Dominque De Villepin.
> "Let us double or
> triple
> > > >the
> > > >
> > > >number of inspectors and open up more regional
> offices." >>
> > > >
> > > >That ought to do it.
> > > >
> > > >Walter Steed
> > > >
> > >
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